Place:Kirby Cane, Norfolk, England

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NameKirby Cane
Alt namesKerchebysource: Domesday Book (1985) p 191
Kerkebeysource: Domesday Book (1985) p 191
Kirby-Canesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.483°N 1.485°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoClavering Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Loddon and Clavering Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Loddon Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
South Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Kirby Cane is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, situated two miles (3.2 km) northwest of Beccles, Suffolk. It covers an area of 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) and had a population of 375 in 152 households at the 2001 UK census, the population increasing to 434 in 179 households at the 2011 UK census.

Kirby Cane's Church of All Saints is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk, and is a Grade I listed building.

Research Tips

  • Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
  • Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
  • Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
  • FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.


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