Church of St Mary

The earliest origins of the church in Bedingfield are uncertain, but it is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. This records "a 4th part of the church + 6 acres". Of interest, the same record gives the usage of the surrounding farmland to, "Wood for 164 pigs, 4 acres meadow, 12 pigs, 20 sheep". Detail in the Domesday Book lists the village name as Badingafelda. The lower part of the tower is thought to be late 13th or early 14th century and is unbuttressed to belfry level. The upper section is probably late 14th century and houses a 15th century bell; this upper section has diagonal buttresses with chequer flushwork and crenellated parapet. The original porch (SW) is thought to have…