Kirby Cane, Norfolk
Historical Description
Kirby Cane, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 1½ mile NNE of Ellingham station on the G.E.R., 1½ N of the river Waveney at the boundary with Suffolk, and S-miles NE of Bungay, and has a post office under Bungay; money order and telegraph office, Geldeston. The parish comprises 1512 acres; population, 369. Kirby Cane Hall is a handsome white mansion, surrounded by a park and commanding a fine view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £352 with residence. The church is an ancient building of flint in mixed styles, and has a round embattled tower. There is a Wesleyan chape
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Kirby-Cane All Saints | |
Hundred | Clavering | |
Poor Law union | Loddon and Clavering |
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 Kirby Cane:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1563-1897 | 1563-1897 | 1539-1901 | 1538-1902 |
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 Kirby Cane from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kirby-Cane (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Kirby Cane are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.