KIRBY-BEDON, a parish, with a village, in Henstead district, Norfolk; near the river Yare, 3 miles SE of Norwich r. station. Post town, Norwich. Acres, 1, 365. Real property, £3, 653. Pop., 277. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. The manor and most of the land belong to R. Harvey, Esq. The Hall was an ancient mansion; and only the kitchens of it now remain. The parish comprises two ancient parishes, St. Andrew and St. Mary. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £250.* Patron, not reported. St. Andrew's church stands on an eminence; is a low square structure, with thatched roof; has a tower, of flint below, of wood above; and contains an ancient sculpture, and monuments of the Brookes. A fine marble monument of Charles Weston, Esq., and a recently erected mausoleum of the Harveys, are in the churchyard. St. Mary's church is now an ivy clad ruin.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))