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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
Population	440 (2001 census[1]) 419 (2011) [2]
OS grid reference	TF9831004660
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thetford
Postcode district	IP25
Dialling code	01362
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South West Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.603518°N 0.927043°E / 52.603518; 0.927043

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

• Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth was born in the village.

References

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

External links

Media related to Cranworth at Wikimedia Commons

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