This suggests that in the Early Medieval Period the area around the settlement was completely surrounded by marshland.

[2] In the Domesday Book, Bodney is listed as a settlement of 19 households in the hundred of Greenhoe.

In 1086, the village was part of the estates of William of Warenne, Ralph of Tosny and Hugh de Montfort.

Bodney's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates in the most part from the 12th century.

The village's national constituency is South West Norfolk which has been represented by Labour's Terry Jermy since 2024.