CRINGLEFORD, a parish in the hundred of HUMBLEYARD,
county of NORFOLK, 2 miles (S. W. by W.)
from Norwich, containing 150 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk,
and diocese of Norwich, and in the patronage of the
Mayor and Corporation of Norwich. The church is dedicated
to St. Albert. Within the parish was anciently
a free chapel, dedicated to St.Ethelred, to which pilgrims
used to resort in great numbers. Cringleford derives
its name from the gravelly ford, which has been superseded
by a stone bridge, separating the liberties of
Norwich from the rest of the county.