I have recently begun to trace my family. Mary Ann Bedney gave birth to Francis Charles Bedney 1873. She lived in Bradley Hill East Dean. However there is no indication of a Father. Francis Charles was Father to Henry Charles Bedney who is my Grandfather, married to Edith Firth of Barnsley. Henry was a bricklayer
Pretty sure that Alfred Brain is connected.

Jean Margarete Bedney married Reginald Austin Lovitt, my mother and father.

Does this help