Kirby Cane
| Kirby Cane | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Kirby Cane village sign | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM373941 |
| Location: | 52°29’35"N, 1°29’38"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 449 |
| Post town: | Bungay |
| Postcode: | NR35 |
| Dialling code: | 01508 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Waveney Valley |
| Website: | kirbycaneandellingham.uk |
Kirby Cane is a village in Norfolk, standing along the River Waveney about four miles north-west of Beccles (across the border in Suffolk) and 14 miles south-east of Norwich.
According to the 2021 census, Kirby Cane has a total population of 449.
The village is contiguous with its neighbour, Ellingham. Also in the wider parish is a hamlet, Kirby Green.
The name Kirby is derived from the Old Norse kirkju-býr meaning "village with a church". Cane refers to a family which historically held the estate.[1]
History
In the Domesday Book, Kirby Cane is listed as a settlement of 28 households in the Hundred of Clavering. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester, St Edmunds Abbey and Ralph Baynard.[2]
The red-brick Kirby Cane Hall was built in the 17th century and remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries.[3]
During the Second World War, several trenches were built close to Kirby Cane Hall which suggests it was used as a training area.[4]
The 1957 Ordnance Survey map shows Kirby Cane as the name of the parish, and labels the area around the Hall and the church as Kirby Cane; the settlement further south, next to Ellingham, is labelled Kirby Row.[5] On present-day maps, this settlement is labelled Kirby Cane.[6]
All Saints' Church
Kirby Cane's parish church, All Saints, dates from the Middle Ages and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. All Saints' is on Wash Lane, towards the north of the parish, and has id is a Grade I listed building.[7]
The church is part of the Waveney Marshlands Benefice.[8]
All Saints' has a 14th-century font and a brass memorial plaque.[9]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Kirby Cane) |
- Kirby Cane & Ellingham Parish Council
- Kirby Cane & Ellingham Signpost
- Bounds of the civil parish recently; in the 1880s; and other statistics - Vision of Britain (The University of Portsmouth and others)
- Information on Kirby Cane from GENUKI
- All Saints: European Round Tower Churches roundtowerchurches.net
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Kirby Cane in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "mnf10690 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ "mnf29792 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ "Ordnance Survey map TM39SE - A". 1957. https://maps.nls.uk/view/189257942.
- ↑ "Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1153564: Church of All Saints, Kirby Cane (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Kirby Cane: All Saints" (in en). https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10155/service-and-events/events-all/.
- ↑ "Kirby Cane". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/kirbycane/kirbycane.htm.