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Sprowston (/ ˈ s p r oʊ s t ən / or / ˈ s p r aʊ s t ən /) is a town and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south, Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north.
Escutcheon of the Corbet baronets of Sprowston. The Corbet baronetcy, of Sprowston in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 July 1623 for John Corbet, of Sprowston. He was son of Sir Thomas Corbet, Kt, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612. He sat as Member of Parliament for Norfolk and Yarmouth. [1]
Corbet baronets of Sprowston (1623) Corbet baronets of Stoke upon Tern (first creation, 1627) Corbet baronets of Moreton Corbet (first creation, 1642) Corbet baronets of Leighton (1642) Corbet baronets of Stoke upon Tern (second creation, 1786) Corbet baronets of Moreton Corbet (second creation, 1808)
The district includes the towns of Acle, Aylsham, Reepham, Sprowston and Thorpe St Andrew. Several of the district's settlements (including Sprowston and Thorpe St Andrew) form part of the Norwich built-up area, lying outside the city's boundaries to the north-west and north-east. The district also includes numerous villages and surrounding ...
Sprowston Manor Hotel is a AA 4 star hotel, part of which is the 19th-century Sprowston Hall. It is located on the north east suburbs, of the English city of Norwich , close to the suburb of Sprowston and village of Rackheath , within the county of Norfolk , United Kingdom .
Map of the hundreds of Norfolk. Between the 10th and the 19th centuries the hundreds of Norfolk and the boroughs of Norwich, King's Lynn, Thetford and Great Yarmouth were the administrative units of the English county of Norfolk.
Born a member of the Corbet family he was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk and the younger brother of Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, MP for Great Yarmouth from 1625 to 1629. He entered Lincoln's Inn and was appointed Recorder of Great Yarmouth.
William Saunders (by 1497 – 1570) was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Henry Saunders of Ewell, Surrey. He sat on the Surrey bench as a Justice of the Peace from 1541 to 1564 and was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1562–63.