Bodbrane
{{Short description|Ancient farmstead hamlet in Cornwall, England}}
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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.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}}
History
Bodbrane is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 (with the placename Bodbran) and two dozen people are named including Godric the Priest.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7575939&queryType=1&resultcount=1|publisher=National Archives|title=Domesday Book–Place Name: Bodbrane|accessdate=21 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Duloe/index.html|title=Domesday Book reference to Bodbrane on the GENUKI website|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=21 January 2016}}
In 1558 the manor at Bodbrane was held by John Arundel.{{cite web|url=http://cornovia.org.uk/ihpnc/a_b.html|title=Index to the Historical Place Names of Cornwall|accessdate=21 January 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314172226/http://cornovia.org.uk/ihpnc/a_b.html|archivedate=14 March 2012|df=}} However, in 1814, it was recorded that:
:The manor of Bodbrane, which belonged to the Arundells of Lanherne, is now the property, by a late purchase, of Mr. Joseph Grigg.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50634&strquery=bodbrane|title='Parishes: Davidstow - Duloe', Magna Britannia: volume 3: Cornwall (1814)|accessdate= 21 January 2016}}
=John Grigg=
In 1854, John Grigg became a notable émigré from Bodbrane. According to the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography:
:His father died when John was about 16 or 17, and on inheriting the property, Bodbrane, he became responsible for providing for his stepmother and siblings. He had met and fallen in love with Martha Maria Vercoe; when she emigrated to New Zealand with her family, John Grigg decided to follow. After two years of negotiations he sold Bodbrane, and left for Australia on the Blackwall in 1854, arriving in New Zealand before the end of the year.{{DNZB|Lawrence |Morag |2g20|Grigg, John |16 July 2016}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/first-shipment-of-frozen-meat-leaves-nz|title= New Zealand History Online, 15 February 1882|accessdate=21 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.longbeachestate.co.nz/index_files/history.htm|title= Longbeach Estate website|accessdate=21 January 2016}}
See also
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External links
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