Cranworth

Other current and historical names

Cranaworda
Craneworda

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'14"N 0°55'33"E
Eastings/Northings: 598233, 304699
OS Grid: TF982046
Mapcode Local: GBR SCH.LYD
Mapcode Global: WHLSB.6T54

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

Cranworth in historic gazetteers

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

Cranworth, par., S. Norfolk, on river Blackwater, 7 miles E. of East Dereham, 1126 ac., pop. 230.

Cranworth in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hagni the reeve
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £10 1/12 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 34 smallholders; 1 freeman; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 43 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 12 pigs; 80 goats
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 3 smallholders; 14 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 15 pigs; 20 goats

British Place Names

Cranworth, Norfolk

Cranworth is a village in Norfolk

Cranworth in historic gazetteers

Cranworth in the Domesday Book