Bodbrane


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

History

Bodbrane is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 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:

John Grigg

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 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.