Ranworth

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Ranworth
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St Helen's church
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Ranworth
Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference TG359145
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR13
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°40′39″N1°29′17″E / 52.677628°N 1.488189°E / 52.677628; 1.488189

Ranworth is a village in Norfolk, England in The Broads, adjacent to Malthouse Broad and Ranworth Broad. It is located in the civil parish of Woodbastwick.

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The village's name origin is uncertain 'Edge enclosure' or perhaps, 'Randi's enclosure.'

Church of St Helen

The 16th-century Church of St Helen, known as 'the Cathedral of the Broads', [1] has a fine 15th century painted rood screen and a rare Antiphoner. It is a Grade I listed building. [2] From the top of Ranworth church's 100-foot (30 m) tower one can see many of the broads and rivers, as well as the Happisburgh lighthouse.

Malthouse Broad from Ranworth church tower Malthouse Broad from Ranworth Church Tower - geograph.org.uk - 2391909.jpg
Malthouse Broad from Ranworth church tower

Notes

  1. Standford, David (2007). Norfolk Churches (1st ed.). Frances Lincoln Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   978-0711227422 . Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. "Images of England". English Heritage.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Ranworth%20with%20Panxworth

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