Cranwich

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Cranwich is a hamlet in Norfolk

Other current and historical names

Cranwick
Cranwisse

Parish/Community: Cranwich
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°31'22"N 0°37'15"E
Eastings/Northings: 577922, 294905
OS Grid: TL779949
Mapcode Local: GBR Q9D.V5B
Mapcode Global: VHJF8.QV67

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Cranwich within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Cranwich in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Cranwich, par., W. Norfolk, on river Wissey, 6 miles N. of Brandon ry. sta., 1824 ac., pop. 69.

Cranwich in the Domesday Book

A village in Grimshoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 10 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 1 fishery
- Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 27 pigs; 4 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 27 pigs; 8 cobs; 14 beehives

British Place Names

Cranwich, Norfolk

Cranwich is a hamlet in Norfolk

Cranwich in historic gazetteers

Cranwich in the Domesday Book