Cranworth

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

Cranworth
St Mary's Church, Cranworth
Cranworth is located in Norfolk
Cranworth
Cranworth
Location within Norfolk
Area20.6 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population419 [1]
• Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF9831004660
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townThetford
Postcode districtIP25
Dialling code01362
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

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 and is represented at Parliament by Liz Truss MP of the Conservative Party.

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

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:

References
  1. Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 20, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006105
  2. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 20, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Cranworth
  3. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 20, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TF9804/cranworth/
  4. Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 20, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006105
  5. Knott, S. (2020). Retrieved December 20, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/cranworth/cranworth.htm
  6. War Memorials Online. (2015). Retrieved December 20, 2022. https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/215880/

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