Hedenham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Hedenham is located south-west of Loddon and south-east of Norwich.
History Hedenham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the hamlet of Hedena.
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Hedenham is listed as a settlement of 34 households in the hundred of Lodding. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester.
Parts of the parish made up RAF Seething, which was used by the 448th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War.
Geography According to the 2021 census, Hedenham has a total population of 237 people which demonstrates a decrease from the 240 people listed in the 2011 census.
St. Peter's Church Hedenham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Peter's is located within the village on Church Road and has been Grade I listed since 1987. The church holds Sunday service once a month and is part of the Earsham Benefice.
St. Peter's was restored in the Victorian era by Edward Tarver, who broke with the tradition of Victorian renovators by keeping most of the medieval memorials within the church. The church also features stained-glass installed by Samuel Yarrington and a set of royal arms from the reign of Queen Victoria.
Governance Hedenham is part of the electoral ward of Ditchingham & Earsham for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is Waveney Valley which has been represented by the Green Party's Adrian Ramsay MP since 2024.
War Memorial Hedenham's war memorial is a set of marble plaques inside St. Peter's Church which lists the following names for the First World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationLCpl.Ralph S. Fairhead1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment6 May 1915Bailleul CemeteryLCpl.Herbert J. Riches7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.14 Oct. 1917Arras MemorialPte.Frederick G. Sampson2nd Bn., Border Regiment26 Oct. 1917Tyne CotPte.Bernard Marshall2nd Bn., Canadian Mounted Rifles8 Oct. 1915Ridge Wood CemeteryPte.Edgar Riches1st Bn., Essex Regiment9 May 1917St. Peter's ChurchyardPte.Edward W. Green7th Bn., Norfolk Regiment11 Aug. 1918Glageon Cemetery The following names were added after the Second World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationPOGeorge R. TartNo. 10 Operational Training Unit15 Oct. 1942Runnymede MemorialGnr.Sydney A. Wreford65 A.T. Regt., Royal Artillery1 Jun. 1940Adinkerke Military CemeteryPte.Percy W. Ainger4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment11 Feb. 1941Kranji War Memorial
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