Bexwell
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Bexwell is a small village and former civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located within the parish of Ryston and is located from Downham Market.
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Bexwell is a small village and former civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located within the parish of Ryston and is located from Downham Market.
== History == The name Bexwell is of Anglo-Saxon origin and the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as consisting of 18 households in the hundred of Clackclose. At this time, Bexwell was divided into the estates of Roger Bigod, the Abbey of St. Etheldreda, Henry de Ferrers and Reginald, son of Ivo.
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