Kirby Cane is a scattered village and civil parish centred 3.8 miles (6.1 km) west northwest of Beccles and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northeast of Bungay. It is in south-east Norfolk. It housed 375 people in 152 households as at 2001[1] – then 434 in 179 households at the 2011 Census, the increase in households being almost 18% – unusually large for England. Its north-eastern neighbourhood is often known as Kirby Green.[2] The most populous part is often known as Kirby Row, which is 0.3 miles (0.48 km) from the heart of Ellingham, Norfolk and which is, narrowly, mainly in that parish – whether taken in its historical borders or on its similar boundaries of today. The land drains gently south to the Waveney which is the border with Suffolk.
| Kirby Cane | |
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 Kirby Cane All Saints | |
  Kirby Cane Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Population | 434 |
| • Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TM373941 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BUNGAY |
| Postcode district | NR35 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Further north of its isolated church and its small smattering of houses is Wash Lane which leads to the A146 road (between Norwich and Beccles). The church is 12.4 miles (20.0 km) from Norwich in the centre of the county.
Church of All Saints
editThis church has one of 124 existing round towers in Norfolk and it is crenellated (has an embattled parapet wall on its roof, and furthermore lancet and slit windows) and built of rustic, light, local stone with a hipped roof of slate or other tiles. It is a Grade I listed building, which is the highest and by far the rarest category of statutory protection and recognition.[3]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Kirby Cane parish information". South Norfolk Council. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1153564)". National Heritage List for England.
External links
edit Media related to Kirby Cane at Wikimedia Commons
- Bounds of the ecclesiastical (C of E) parish today - A Church Near You (The Church of England)
- Bounds of the civil parish recently; in the 1880s; and other statistics - Vision of Britain (The University of Portsmouth and others)
- Notes on village genuki collaborative genealogy and local research information for UK and Ireland (now part of origins.org.uk)
- All Saints on the European Round Tower Churches website roundtowerchurches.net
- Pictures and articles on Kirby Cane and Ellingham kirbycaneandellinghamhistoricalresearchgroup.btck.co.uk