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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

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 parishKirby-Cane All Saints 
HundredClavering 
Poor Law unionLoddon 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:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1563-18971563-18971539-19011538-1902


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:


Maps

Online maps of Kirby Cane 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 districtNR35
Post TownBungay

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