In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crownthorpe like this:
CROWNTHORPE, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on the river Yare and the Norfolk railway, 2½ miles N W of Wymondham. Post town, Wymondham. Acres, 696. Real property, £1, 604. Pop., 97. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £155.* Patron, Earl of Kimberley. The church is good.
Crownthorpe through time
Crownthorpe is now part of South Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crownthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crownthorpe in South Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5886
Date accessed: 07th November 2024
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