Kirby Cane

Kirby Cane is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village lies about north-west of Beccles and south-east of Norwich, along the River Waveney.

The village is in the south of the parish and is contiguous with Ellingham village. The parish also includes the hamlet of Kirby Green.

Etymology 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.

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 East Anglian estates of Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester, St Edmunds Abbey and Ralph Baynard.

The red-brick Kirby Cane Hall was built in the 17th century and remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries.

During the Second World War, several trenches were built close to Kirby Cane Hall which suggests it was used as a training area.

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. On present-day maps, this settlement is labelled Kirby Cane.

Geography According to the 2021 census, Kirby Cane has a total population of 449 people which demonstrates an increase from the 434 people listed in the 2011 census.

All Saints' Church Kirby Cane's parish church dates from the medieval period 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 been Grade I listed since 1960. The church is open once a month for Sunday service and is part of the Waveney Marshlands Benefice.

All Saints' has a 14th-century font and a brass memorial plaque.

Governance The first tier of local government is Kirby Cane & Ellingham Parish Council.

Kirby Cane is part of the electoral ward of Ditchingham & Earsham for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is Waveney Valley which has been represented by the Green Party's Adrian Ramsay MP since 2024.

War Memorial Kirby Cane's war memorial is a set of marble plaques in All Saints' Church which lists the following names for the First World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationLSjt.Hubert Strowger2nd Bn., Norfolk Regiment31 Dec. 1916Basra MemorialLSjt.Leonard A. Watson9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.24 Mar. 1918Étaples Military CemeteryPte.William C. Buck9th Bn., Essex Regiment14 Nov. 1916Faubourg CemeteryPte.Percy F. Buck1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment4 Sep. 1916Thiepval MemorialPte.Charles Buck2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt.16 Apr. 1917Kirkee War MemorialPte.Albert Grimwood22nd Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers11 Apr. 1918Ploegsteert MemorialDhd.Arthur BaldryHMS Pembroke9 Aug. 1916All Saints' Churchyard The following names were added after the Second World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationLSt.John C. SuttonHMS Lightning (Destroyer)12 Mar. 1943Chatham Naval MemorialLTel.Ieuan L. G. WinchesterHMS Arethusa (Cruiser)18 Nov. 1942Chatham Naval MemorialPte.Frederick Spurgeon2/21st Bn., AIF20 Feb. 1942Ambon MemorialPte.Jeremiah W. Brister2/5th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment30 Aug. 1944Montecchio War CemeteryPte.Alfred F. Ward2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment10 May 1940Le Paradis Cemetery

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