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Bodbrane


Coordinates: 50°24′35″N 4°29′08″W / 50.40977°N 4.48544°W / 50.40977; -4.48544

Bodbrane is an ancient farmstead hamlet in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated about three miles (5 km) south of Liskeard in the civil parish of Duloe.

Bodbrane is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 (with the placename Bodbran) and two dozen people are named including Godric the Priest.

In 1558 the manor at Bodbrane was held by John Arundel. However, in 1814, it was recorded that:

In 1854, John Grigg became a notable émigré from Bodbrane. According to the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography:

Grigg began farming in New Zealand at Longbeach (south of Christchurch) and his family farm the same estate to this day. In 1882, Longbeach farm supplied some of the first shipment of frozen meat to England.


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