Cranworth

Cranworth is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district[3] of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England, in the United Kingdom. It has an area of 20.63 km2 (7.97 sq mi) with an estimated population of 415 in 2007,[4] increasing to 419 taken at the 2011 Census.

Cranworth

St Mary's Church, Cranworth
Cranworth
Location within Norfolk
Population440 (2001 census[1])
419 (2011) [2]
OS grid referenceTF9831004660
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townThetford
Postcode districtIP25
Dialling code01362
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

The villages name means 'Crane/heron enclosure'.

Cranworth village has a church, St. Marys[5] in the Benefice of Reymerston.[6]

The civil parish was created from the four previous ecclesiastical parishes of Cranworth, Letton, Southburgh and Woodrising by the County of Norfolk Review Order, 1935.

Notable residents

References
  1. | area_total_km2 = 20.63 Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. Visit Breckland Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Breckland Yearbook Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Norfolk churches
  6. "Benefice of Reymerston". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2008.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Cranworth

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