Melville and Co.'s Directory and Gazetteer of Norwich, Yarmouth, Dereham, Swaffham, Wymondham, Fakenham, Thetford, Attleborough, Aylsham, Diss, Reepham, Foulsham, Hingham, &c.; Ipswich, Bury St. Edmund's, Woodbridge, Lowestoft, Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Eye, Stowmarket, Needham Market, &c. [1856]

by F. R. Melville & Co.

CRINGLEFORD.

A small village and parish in Humbleyard hundred, about 2½ miles south-west of Norwich, near Hethersett Station, and 120 miles from London. It contains nearly 1000 acres of land, and the population in 1851 was 189.

The Church of St. Peter is a neat building with a square tower. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Trustees of the Great Hospital, Norwich; the incumbent is the Rev. Edward Priest, B.A. There is a large corn mill, of ancient establishment, on the river Yare, and a good bridge.

Burton, William, toll-keeper

Candler, Horatio, miller

Canham, Mr., farmer

Cracknell, John, wheelwright and smith

Davie, Rev. W. C.

Drane, William, farmer

Pagenstecher, G., Ph. D.

Priest, Rev. E. B., B.A.

Smith, Rev. William