Cranworth

Cranworth
St Mary's Church, Cranworth
Cranworth Location within Norfolk
Area	20.6 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population	419  [1]
•  Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF9831004660
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thetford
Postcode district	IP25
Dialling code	01362
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South West Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°36′13″N0°55′37″E / 52.603518°N 0.927043°E / 52.603518; 0.927043

Cranworth is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk.

History

Cranworth's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for an enclosed part of land with cranes and herons. ^[2]

In the Domesday Book, Cranworth is recorded as a settlement of 42 households located in the hundred of Mitford. In 1086, the village formed part of the estates of King William. ^[3]

Geography

According to the 2011 Census, Cranworth has a population of 419 residents living in 175 households. ^[4]

Cranworth falls within the constituency of South West Norfolk in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

St. Mary's Church

Cranworth's parish church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Mary. The interior of the church is almost exclusively Victorian and the font dates from the Fourteenth Century. ^[5]

Notable residents

• Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth – British lawyer and politician

War memorial

Cranworth's war memorial takes the form of a cuboid stone column topped with a stone carving of an angel of victory. The memorial is located in St. Mary's Churchyard and lists the following names for the First World War:

• Lance-Corporal Robert R. Tuttle (1892–1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Driver William F. Lyon (1894–1919), Royal Army Service Corps att. 4th Cavalry Division
• Private Victor T. Edwards (d.1916), 8th Battalion, Border Regiment
• Private Ernest W. Graves (1880–1918), 6th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment
• Private Frederick J. Green (1899–1918), 61st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
• Private John Hagan (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Private Lionel W. Green (1897–1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Private Sidney Hipkin (d.1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Private Bartlett J. Hart (1894–1917), 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
• Private Frederick C. Ward (d.1918), 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
• Johnathan Berry
• Frederic S. Sidell

And, the following for the Second World War:

• Able-Seaman Geoffrey G. Ebbage (1923–1941), HMS Calcutta
• Private George Graves (1920–1940), 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
• Albert Clarke
• Robert Harris ^[6]

References

1. Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 20, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006105
2. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
3. "Cranworth | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
4. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
5. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
6. War Memorials Online. (2015). Retrieved December 20, 2022. https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/215880/

External links

Media related to Cranworth at Wikimedia Commons