Cranworth is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk.
Cranworth is located north-east of Watton and west of Norwich.
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.
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.
Geography According to the 2021 census, Cranworth has a population of 468 people which shows an increase from the 419 people recorded in the 2011 census.
St. Mary's Church Cranworth's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. Mary's is located off Woodrising Road and has been Grade I listed since 1960.
St. Mary's churchtower is topped with a medieval spire whilst the interior was heavily restored in the Victorian era. The church holds various memorials to members of the Gurdon family who lived at nearby Letton Hall.
St. Mary's Churchyard holds the grave of Pilot Officer Noel G. Cromie who was killed in a flying accident when his Miles Martinet lost power over The Wash.
Notable residents Robert Rolfe PC, Baron Cranworth- (1790–1868) lawyer and politician, born in Cranworth.
Governance Cranworth is part of the electoral ward of Shipdham & Scarning for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.
The village's national constituency is South West Norfolk which has been represented by Labour's Terry Jermy MP since 2024.
War memorial Cranworth War Memorial is a stone memorial in St. Mary's Churchyard with also lists war dead from Letton and Southburgh. The memorial lists the following people from Cranworth and Southburgh: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurialLCpl.Frederick C. Ward63rd Bn., Machine Gun Corps3 Sep. 1918Vis-en-Artois MemorialLCpl.Robert R. Tuttle1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment17 Sep. 1916Delville Wood CemeteryDvr.William F. LyonArmy Service Corps5 Feb. 1919Maubeuge CemeteryPte.Victor Edwards8th Bn., Border Regiment5 Jul. 1916Thiepval MemorialPte.Ernest W. Graves6th Bn., The Buffs19 Mar. 1918Cite Bonjean CemeteryPte.F. Samuel Sidell1st Bn., Royal Irish Fusiliers24 Aug. 1918Ploegsteert MemorialPte.Frederick J. Green61st Bn., Machine Gun Corps21 Mar. 1918Pozières MemorialPte.John Hagan2nd Bn., Norfolk Regiment22 Apr. 1916Basra MemorialPte.Lionel W. Green1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917Gaza War CemeteryPte.Jonathan Berry7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.20 Nov. 1917Feuchy CemeteryPte.Sidney Hipkin9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.8 Oct. 1918Montbrehain CemeteryPte.Bartlett J. Hart1st Bn., Queen's Royal Regiment25 Sep. 1917Tyne Cot And, the following for the Second World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationASGeoffrey G. EbbageHMS Calcutta1 Jun. 1941Chatham Naval MemorialGnr.George W. F. Graves71 (Anti-Air) Regt., Royal Artillery3 Dec. 1942St. Andrew's ChurchyardPte.Albert C. Clarke1st Bn., Hampshire Regiment30 Jul. 1944Bayeux War Cemetery
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