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Cringleford, Norfolk

Historical Description

Cringleford, a village and a parish in Norfolk, on the river Yare, 3 miles SW from Norwich, which is its nearest railway station. Post town, Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Eaton. Acreage, 1006; population, 229. There was anciently a pilgrims' chapel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £150. Patrons, the trustees of St Giles' Hospital, Norwich. The church is a building of flint in the Perpendicular style; comprises nave, chancel, and porch, with square tower; and contains a fine carved font.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishCringleford St. Peter 
HundredHumbleyard 
Poor Law unionHenstead 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.

Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Cringleford:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1580-19021580-19021590-18371561-1905


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Cringleford from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Cringleford are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictSouth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR4
Post TownNorwich

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