Norfolk: Ranworth

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Ranworth is about 10 miles E.N.E.of Norwich.
It is also found as Ranworth with Panxworth.
See also Panxworth.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Blofield, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Helen.
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]
Brother Pacificus of Ranworth: Description and pictures.
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.

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.

Description and Travel

Ranworth: Description and pictures.
Ranworth: Description and pictures.
Norfolk Naturalists Trust: Ranworth Nature Reserve.
[Norwich, Norfolk Naturalist Trust, 1990s]
Ranworth, and Malthouse Broad: Description, pictures, etc.
Ranworth Decoy: From "The Book of Duck Decoys", by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, 1886.

Directories

Historical Geography

Ranworth is in Walsham hundred.

History

Enraght, H.J.: Ranworth: a village and church on the Broads.
[Norwich, 1988]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Blofield Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Ranworth became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was at Lingwood.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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