Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CRANWORTH

CRANWORTH, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; on the river Blackwater, 3¼ miles NW of Hingham, and 5½ WSW of Thuxton r. station. Post town, Shipdham, under Thetford. Acres, 1, 126. Real property, £1, 946. Pop., 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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cranworth CP/AP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Cranworth

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