Crostwick

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.69724|1.34011|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TG257162

| official_name = Crostwick

| population =

| area_total_km2 = 2.82

| shire_district = Broadland

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Crostwick

| constituency_westminster = Broadland and Fakenham

| postcode_district = NR12

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = NORWICH

| dial_code = 01603

| london_distance = 165km

| static_image = St Peter, Crostwick, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 318943.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = St. Peter's Church

}}

Crostwick is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is part of the civil parish of Horstead with Stanninghall.

Crostwick is located {{Convert|2.6|mi|km}} west of Wroxham and {{Convert|5.6|mi|km}} north of Norwich.

History

Crostwick's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for a clearing around a cross.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Crostwick |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

In the Domesday Book, Crostwick is listed as a settlement of 14 households in the hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Ralph de Beaufour and Roger de Poitou.{{Cite web |title=Crostwick {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG2515/crostwick/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=opendomesday.org}}

During the Second World War, parts of Crostwick were turned into a decoy airfield to distract the Luftwaffe from the target of RAF Horsham St Faith.{{Cite web |title=mnf13550 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf13550 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

Geography

The village is bisected by the B1150, between Norwich and North Walsham.

St. Peter's Church

Crostwick's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Fifteenth Century. St. Peter's is located on North Walsham Road and has been Grade I listed since 1984.{{Cite web |title=PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, Crostwick - 1372937 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372937?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

St. Peter's was restored in the Victorian era but still boasts a medieval wall-painting of Saint Christopher and an elaborately carved font dating from the Nineteenth Century. The church also features stained-glass windows designed by William Wailes which was restored by J & J King.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/crostwick/crostwick.htm |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}

Governance

Coltishall is part of the electoral ward of Coltishall for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

War memorial

Crostwick War Memorial stands on the North Walsham Road and is a plinth with a wheel-cross.{{Cite web |title=Crostwick and Beeston St Andrew |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72581 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}} The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Caister to Croxton :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/5 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial/Commemoration

Cpl.

|Walter J. Sandy

|5th Bn., Machine Gun Corps

|2 Sep. 1918

|Vis-en-Artois Cemetery

Cpl.