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Coordinates: 52°4150N 1°2024E / 52.69724°N 1.34011°E / 52.69724; 1.34011
 

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Crostwick

St Peter's Church, Crostwick

Crostwick is located in Norfolk
Crostwick

Crostwick

Location within Norfolk

Area2.82 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG257162
• London165km
Civil parish
  • Crostwick
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR12
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°41′50N 1°20′24E / 52.69724°N 1.34011°E / 52.69724; 1.34011

Crostwick is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is part of the civil parishofHorstead with Stanninghall. Crostwick is located 2.6 miles from Wroxham and 5.2 miles from Norwich.

History[edit]

Crostwick's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for a clearing around a cross.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Crostwick is listed as a settlement of 14 households in the hundredofTaverham. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Ralph de Beaufour and Roger de Poitou.[2]

Geography[edit]

Crostwick falls within the constituencyofBroadland and is represented at ParliamentbyJerome Mayhew MP of the Conservative Party.

St. Peter's Church[edit]

Crostwick's parish church is of Norman origin and dedicated to Saint Peter. The church was significantly remodelled in the Nineteenth Century and has a carved font from the same period depicting several saints. The church also features examples of stained glass by William Wailes in 1853 and later restored in the Twentieth Century by King & Sons.[3]

War memorial[edit]

Crostwick's and Beeston's war memorial is located close to the North Walsham Road and takes the form of a rough-hewn stone Celtic cross. The memorial lists the following names as fallen from both villages during the First World War:

And, the following for the Second World War:

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 22, 2022. e
  • ^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 22, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG2515/crostwick/
  • ^ Knott, S. (2019). Retrieved December 22, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/crostwick/crostwick.htm
  • External links[edit]

    Media related to Crostwick at Wikimedia Commons


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