Bodenham

Bodenham
Bodenham
	Bodenham lake and church
	Bodenham Location within Herefordshire
Population	998
OS grid reference	SO544506
Civil parish	Bodenham;
Unitary authority	Herefordshire;
Ceremonial county	Herefordshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hereford
Postcode district	HR1
Dialling code	01568
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Herefordshire;
	List of places UK England Herefordshire 52°09′27″N 2°41′30″W / 52.15745°N 2.6916817°W

Bodenham is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and on a bend in the River Lugg, about seven miles south of Leominster. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,024, reducing to 998 at the 2011 census.^[1]

The village is mentioned twice in the Domesday Book, where is described as having a mill and 34 households. Lords of the two manors were Osbern, the son of Richard, and Edwy in 1066, and Osbern, the son of Richard, and Herbert (of Furches) in 1086.^[2]

Anne Devereux, the Countess of Pembroke is associated with Bodenham.^{[citation needed]}

Bodenham church is St Michael and All Angels,^[3] its pub, The Englands Gate, and its school, St Michael's CofE Primary School.^[4]

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "Open domesday". Opendomesday.ord. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Bodenham Parish". bodenhamparish.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "St Michael's". st-michaels.hereford.sch.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

External links

Media related to Bodenham at Wikimedia Commons

Bodenham Arboretum

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[2] "Open domesday". Opendomesday.ord. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[3] "Bodenham Parish". bodenhamparish.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[4] "St Michael's". st-michaels.hereford.sch.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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