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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Cranworth is a village and civil parish in the Breckland District of central Norfolk, England. It has an area of 20.63 km2 (7.97 sq mi) with a population of 419 as of the 2011 UK Census.
Cranworth village has a church, St. Marys, in the Benefice of Reymerston.
The civil parish was created from the four previous parishes of Cranworth, Letton, Southburgh and Woodrising by the County of Norfolk Review Order, 1935.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Cranworth from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "CRANWORTH, a parish in Mitford [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Blackwater, 3¼ miles NW of Hingham, and 5½ WSW of Thuxton [railway] station. Post town: Shipdham, under Thetford. Acres: 1,126. Real property: £1,946. Population: 264. Houses: 60. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Letton, in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £307. Patron: B. Gurdon, Esq. The church has a tower and spire; contains monuments of the Gurdons; and was recently restored. Charities, £9."
Research Tips
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- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- 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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