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Guide to '''Cranwich, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
{{England Parish Infobox
| Place = Cranwich
| default =
| image = Cranwich St Mary.JPG
| caption =
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Norfolk
| Hundred = Grimshoe
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Thetford/ Thetford]
| Registration District = Thetford
| PRbegin = 1732
| BTbegin = 1691
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Norwich
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Cranwich
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Norfolk Record Office]]
}}


== Parish History ==
== Parish History ==


CRANWICH (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the union of Thetford, hundred of Grimshoe, W. division of Norfolk, 6 miles (N.) from Brandon. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50903#s9 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 717-720. Date accessed: 19 September 2013.</ref>  
Cranwich is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk and has one of the 124 surviving round tower churches of Norfolk [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranwich+ Cranwich Wikipedia]<br>


<br> Cranwich is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk and has one of the 124 surviving round tower churches of Norfolk [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranwich+ Cranwich Wikipedia]  
Cranwich St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.
 
A Saxon round tower thatched medieval church, the Church of St Mary Cranwich has been designated as a grade I listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-220948-church-of-st-mary-cranwich+ British listed building].<br>  
 
Images and a history of the Church are available at Simon Knott's website [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/cranwich/cranwich.htm+ Norfolk Churches]<br>
 
Frances Blomfield&nbsp; An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 2 (1805), pp. 222-228. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78055&amp;strquery=Cranwich+ at British History Online] <br>
 
== Resources  ==


Cranwich St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.
==== Civil Registration  ====


A Saxon round tower thatched medieval church, the Church of St Mary Cranwich has been designated as a grade I listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-220948-church-of-st-mary-cranwich+ British listed building].<br> Images and a history of the Church are available at Simon Knott's website [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/cranwich/cranwich.htm+ Norfolk Churches]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].  


Frances Blomfield An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 2 (1805), pp. 222-228. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78055&strquery=Cranwich+ at British History Online]
*Thetford 1837-1938
*Wayland 1939-1974


== Resources ==
==== Church records  ====
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===


Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>
=== Civil Registration ===


Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
Images of the parish register for this parish are available at FamilySearch Historic Records (formerly Record Search)<br>Norfolk Record Office reference PD 173/1-4
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>  


*1837-1938 Thetford
==== Census records  ====
*1939-1974 Wayland


=== Church Records ===
a.&nbsp; {{British Census|438860}}
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;" />
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
[http://www.1881pubs.com/+ for details of public houses in the 1881 census]


==== Church of England ====
Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.  
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
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| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Cranwich Online Parish Records'''
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Norfolk
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CNorfolk 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CNorfolk 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CNorfolk 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Norfolk
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1416598|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1416598|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1416598|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Bishop's Transcripts-Norfolk
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1823613|1600s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1823613|1600s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1823613|1600s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Archdeacon's Transcripts-Norfolk
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1824688|1600s-1800s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1824688|1600s-1800s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1824688|1600s-1800s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Norfolk ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-banns-and-marriages 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast Bishop's Transcript-Norfolk ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-bishops-transcripts-baptisms 1700s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-bishops-transcripts-marriages 1700s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-bishops-transcripts-burials 1700s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Early) ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61045/ 1500s-1800s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61045/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61045/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Late) ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61042 1800s-1900s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61043/ 1700s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61044/ 1800s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Transcriptions) ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61636/ 1600s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61636/ 1600s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61636/ 1600s-1900s]</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1600s-1900s]</center>
|-
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Norfolk/ Joiner Marriage Index - Norfolk] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/norfolk-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Norfolk] ($)
*[http://doun.org/transcriptions/index.php Norfolk Transcription Archive]
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records <br>


====Nonconformist Records====
The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved. Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/census/1911/person?ukwid=394505&sourceid=1&utm_source=Google+FMP+Main_CPC&utm_medium=Key+Keywords&utm_campaign=1911+census+ Find my Past 1911 census search]<br>
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
*'''1613-1901''' {{RecordSearch|1824696|England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901}} at FamilySearch - [[England, Norfolk, Non-conformist Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index (''dates may vary by parish'')
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary


=== Census Records ===
==== Poor Law Unions  ====
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>


=== Poor Law Unions ===
[[Thetford Poor Law Union]]  
*[[England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
*[[Thetford Poor Law Union]]
*[[Norfolk Poor Law Unions]]  


=== Probate Records ===
See also [[England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Norfolk Probate Records|Norfolk Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. <br>


== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
[[Norfolk Poor Law Unions]]<br>


Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
==== Probate records  ====


*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Norfolk Probate Records|Norfolk Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


== Websites ==
== Maps and Gazetteers ==


*[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/c/cranwich/ Norfolk: Cranwich] on GenUKI
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>


*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


== References ==
== Web sites ==


{{reflist}} {{Norfolk}}
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.


[[Category:Norfolk Parishes]]
[[Category:Norfolk]]

Revision as of 14:12, 28 March 2012

[[England|

Cranwich St Mary

England]]  Gotoarrow.png  Norfolk


Parish History[edit | edit source]

Cranwich is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk and has one of the 124 surviving round tower churches of Norfolk Cranwich Wikipedia

Cranwich St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

A Saxon round tower thatched medieval church, the Church of St Mary Cranwich has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building.

Images and a history of the Church are available at Simon Knott's website Norfolk Churches

Frances Blomfield  An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 2 (1805), pp. 222-228. at British History Online

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

  • Thetford 1837-1938
  • Wayland 1939-1974

Church records[edit | edit source]

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish register for this parish are available at FamilySearch Historic Records (formerly Record Search)
Norfolk Record Office reference PD 173/1-4

Census records[edit | edit source]

a. 

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.

The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved. Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search. Find my Past 1911 census search

Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]

Thetford Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate records[edit | edit source]

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.

To access available information, first log into FamilySearch.

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