Cringleford is a civil parish and village in the English county of Norfolk.

Cringleford is located north-east of Wymondham and south-west of Norwich city centre. The village sits on the River Yare and forms part of the outskirts of Norwich.

History Cringleford's name is of mixed Viking and Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for a circular ford over the River Yare.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Cringleford is listed as a settlement of 25 households located in the hundred of Humbleyard. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Odo of Bayeux, Alan of Brittany and Roger Bigod.

Geography According to the 2021 census, Cringleford has a population of 4,685 people which shows a dramatic increase from the 2,963 people recorded in the 2011 census.

Cringleford is located along the course of the River Yare and the A11, between London and Norwich. The A47, between Birmingham and Lowestoft, also passes through the parish.

St Peter's Church Cringleford parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the late fourteenth century. St Peter's is located on Newmarket Road and has been Grade II listed since 1959.

St. Peter's Church was extended and re-built in the Victorian era and boasts a font from the sixteenth century. The church features stained-glass windows designed by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake (depiction of Saint Giles and Sir Adam de Berford), Herbert Bryans (depicting Saint Andrew) and Charles Eamer Kempe (depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus).

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The majority of local children attend Cringleford Church of England Primary School which was recently extensively refurbished and extended. In 2024, Cringleford Primary was rated by Ofsted as 'Good.'

Sports Cringleford Lodge Cricket Club was founded in 2000 after the merger of Cringleford C.C. and Earlham Lodge C.C.

Cringleford Junior Football Club was founded in 2005 and is open to Children between ages 5 and 17.

War memorial Cringleford's war memorial is a carved wooden plaque located inside St. Peter's Church. It lists the following names for the First World War:

+RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationCapt.Kenneth N. W. Gilbert MC32nd Bty., Royal Field Artillery15 Oct. 1918St. Peter's ChurchyardLt.Norman Ayris98th Coy., Royal Engineers31 Dec. 1915Armentières CemeteryLt.George K. Hampton1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment16 Aug. 1915Azmak CemeteryLt.Richard L. A. Bryant7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment23 May 1917Étaples Military Cemetery2Lt.Dyker S. Priestley108th Coy., Machine Gun Corps1 Jul. 1916Thiepval MemorialSgt.John W. Moore2nd (Mounted) Bn., CEF21 Mar. 1918Aix-Noulette CemeteryPte.Bertie George8th Bn., Border Regiment18 May 1916Aubigny CemeteryPte.William G. Broom4th Bn., Middlesex Regiment28 Apr. 1917Arras MemorialPte.Arthur E. Denmark1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment14 Sep. 1914Chauny CemeteryPte.William E. Shorten2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt.23 Nov. 1915Basra MemorialPte.Harold F. Bloomfield1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917Gaza War CemeteryPte.Edwin J. Cubitt1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.5 Dec. 1917Port Said CemeteryPte.Charles J. Smith7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.12 Oct. 1916Thiepval MemorialPte.Edward L. Goodchild8th Bn., Norfolk Regt.28 Apr. 1916Corbie CemeteryPte.Ernest Elsey9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.26 Sep. 1915Loos MemorialPte.John F. Thrower12th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Aug. 1918Grand Hasard CemeteryBy2CHenry P. FicklingHMS Powerful22 Nov. 1918Weston Hill Cemetery

And, the following for the Second World War:

+RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationLt-Cdr.Stanley L. GarrettHMS Anking4 Mar. 1942Liverpool Naval MemorialCapt.Maurice P. Gaymer4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment12 Feb. 1942Kranji War CemeteryF/Lt.Cyril D. G. GarlandNo. 80 Squadron RAF28 Nov. 1942Heliopolis War CemeteryCpl.William A. C. BondNo. 617 Squadron RAF29 Sep. 1944Bari War CemeteryLCpl.Percy H. J. ClarkPioneer Corps26 Feb. 1941Plumstead Cemetery

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