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"RANWORTH, on a small broad, near the river Bure, 10 miles E.N.E. of Norwich, has in its parish 290 souls, about 1800 acres of land, and several broads or lakes, one of which is a large decoy. Panxworth is united with it for the support of the poor. John Kerrison, Esq., owns most of the soil, and is lord of the manor, which was anciently held by the Bigods and the Howards. He resides at the Hall, a neat mansion, with pleasant grounds, and a fine sheet of water. The Church, (St. Helen,) is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £4, and in 1831 at £312, with that of Upton annexed to it. In 1773 and '87, it was augmented with £400 of Queen Anne's Bounty. The Rev. John Wm. Greaves is incumbent, and the Bishop of Ely is patron, and also appropriator of the rectorial tithes, now leased to J. Kerrison, Esq." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Ranworth is also known as Ranworth with Panxworth.
See also Panxworth.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Chapel, Ranworth with Panxworth, Independent |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Blofield, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Helen.
The Church of St Helen has a famous 15th century painted rood screen.
- Church of St Helen
- Description and pictures.
- Everard, E.D.
- Visitor's Guide to Ranworth Church.
[Ranworth, The Church, 1970s] - Mockridge, Patricia
- The Parish Church of St Helen's, Ranworth: the cathedral of the broads.
[Ranworth, The Church, 2003]
- Church of St Helen
- Description, pictures, etc of the screen.
- Hart, Richard
- Description of the Engraving from the Ranworth Screen.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.1, 1847] - Morant, Alfred W.; and Le Strange, John
- Notices of the Church at Ranworth.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Miscellaneous Papers", 1867] - Strange, Edward F.
- The Rood-Screen of Ranworth Church.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1902] - Winter, C.J.W
- Illustrations of the Rood-Screen at Ranworth.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Miscellaneous Papers", 1867]
- Kellehar, Cecil
- The Ranworth Story: as told by Brother Pacificus in Son et Lumiere.
[ISBN 0952570424, Salhouse, David Benham Print and Publishing, 1996]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Marriages 1559-1812
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 3.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
- Dinner at the House of Matthias Kerrison
- This was recorded in the parish register.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Ranworth was in Blofield Registration District.
- Ranworth
- Description and pictures.
- Norfolk Naturalists Trust
- Ranworth Nature Reserve.
[Norwich, Norfolk Naturalist Trust, 1990s] - Ranworth, and Malthouse Broad
- Description, pictures, etc.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ranworth to another place.
Ranworth is in Walsham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Walsham Hundred
- Description of Walsham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG359146 (Lat/Lon: 52.677969, 1.48783), Ranworth which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Ranworth became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was at Lingwood.