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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Ranworth with Panxworth is a civil parish in Norfolk, England in The Broads, adjacent to Malthouse Broad and Ranworth Broad. It was made up of two ancient parishes which merged "early". (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time) Descriptions of the two parishes follow. The two ancient parishes were both part of Walsham Hundred and located between the parishes of South Walsham and Woodbastwick. From 1894 until 1935 the joined parish was part of Blofield Rural District. In 1935 the parish was abolished and the land absorbed into the parish of Woodbastwick.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Ranworth from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "RANWORTH, a parish in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk; on a lake or "broad" communicating with the river Bure, 3¾ miles N W of Acle, and 4¾ N E by N of Brundall [railway] station. Post-town: Acle, under Norwich. Acres, with Panxworth: 1,902. Real property: £4,091. Population of Ranworth alone: 282. Houses: 61. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with [Ranworth] Hall, belongs to J. Kerrison, Esq. There is a large malting establishment. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Upton, in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £308. Patron: the Bishop of Norwich. The church is good, and has a very beautiful screen. There is a Baptist chapel."
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Panxworth from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "PANXWORTH, a parish in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk; 4 miles N N E of Brundall [railway] station, and 8 E N E of Norwich. Post-town: Blofield, under Norwich. Acres: 600. Population: 121. Houses: 29. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Woodbastwick, in the diocese of Norwich. There was no church for upwards of 200 years. A ruined tower occupied the spot where the church stood; and, in 1847, this was repaired, and a neat nave added, so as to afford 120 sittings."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Ranworth and also for Panxworth. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Walsham Hundred. Parishes labelled with letters should be identifiable from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900.
- GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
- 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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