CROWNTHORPE, a parish in the hundred of FOREHOE, county of NORFOLK, 2J miles (N. W. by W.) from Wymondham, containing 103 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £4. 12. 6., and in the patronage of Lord Wodehouse. The church is dedicated to St. James.