Norfolk - Cranwich

Francis White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk 1854, pp. 747-748

CRANWICH gives name to a deanery, and is a parish, 6 miles N. of Brandon, with 96 souls, 16 houses, and 1,549 acres of land in one farm the property of Sir Richard Sutton, Bart. The Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a neat edifice with a round tower of great antiquity. The rectory, valued in the King's book at £8 9s. 7d., and in 1843, at £450, is in the gift of H. S. Partridge, Esq., and enjoyed by the Rev. V. E. Eyre, who has 18a. of glebe. The poor have the interest of £20, left by two donors.

DIRECTORY—

Rev. Vincent Edward Eyre, rectory;
Rev. J. Allan Park;
Jas. Bradfield, Abbot Farm; and
Sarah Quibell, vict. and brewer, Leather Bottle.

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