BODNEY, 7 miles S. of Swaffham, is a parish with 18 houses, 103 souls, and 2,538 acres of land, the property of George Anne, Esq., of Burghwallis, Yorkshire; Mr. Henry Debenham, of Mundford, has the Lodge farm, and Mr. William Sutton occupies the Hall farm. The Old Hall was taken down many years ago, and was at one time the tranquil retreat of the nuns of Montargis, among whom Eloise Adelaide de Bourbon, daughter of the Prince de Conde, took the veil here on July 9th, 1805. The Church is a small edifice of flint and pebbles, and the living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's book at £6 7s. 8d., and consolidated with Great Cressingham.
Transcription Copyright © A.J. Carter, December 2000.
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