Norfolk: Ranworth
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Ranworth is about 10 miles E.N.E.of Norwich.
It is also known as Ranworth with Panxworth.
See also Panxworth.
Cemeteries
See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- 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.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
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]
Church Records
- 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
Civil Registration
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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Ranworth
- Description and pictures.
- Norfolk Naturalists Trust
- Ranworth Nature Reserve.
[Norwich, Norfolk Naturalist Trust, 1990s]
- Ranworth, and Malthouse Broad
- Description, pictures, etc.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
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
History
- Enraght, H.J.
- Ranworth: a village and church on the Broads.
[Norwich, 1988]
Land and Property
See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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January 2008