KIRBY-BEDON, a parish in the hundred of HENSTEAD, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (S. E.) from Norwich, comprising the consolidated parishes of St. Andrew and St. Mary, and containing 201 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 6. 4. 9. Mrs. Muskett was patroness in 1822. The church of St. Mary has been demolished.