Crostwick
| Crostwick | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St. Peter's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG257162 |
| Location: | 52°41’50"N, 1°20’24"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR12 |
| Dialling code: | 01603 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland and Fakenham |
Crostwick is a village in Norfolk, two and a half miles west of Wroxham and five and a half miles north of Norwich.
The village is bisected by the B1150, between Norwich and North Walsham.
History
Crostwick's name is of Norse 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 Taverham Hundred. In 1086, the village was recorded as divided between the estates of Ralph de Beaufour and Roger de Poitou.[2]
During the Second World War, parts of Crostwick were turned into a decoy airfield to distract the Luftwaffe from targeting of RAF Horsham St Faith.[3]
St Peter's Church
Crostwick's parish church, St Peter, dates from the fifteenth century. The church stands on North Walsham Road and is a Grade I listed building.[4]
St Peter's was restored in the Victorian era but still boasts a mediæval wall-painting of Saint Christopher and an elaborately carved font dating from the Nineteenth Century. The church also features stained-glass windows designed by William Wailes which was restored by J & J King.[5]
Crostwick War Memorial stands on the North Walsham Road and is a plinth with a wheel-cross.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Crostwick) |
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Crostwick in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "mnf13550 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf13550.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1372937: Parish Church of St Peter
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/crostwick/crostwick.htm.
- ↑ "Crostwick and Beeston St Andrew" (in en). https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72581.