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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]
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 .
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 ...
The Blackwell Baronetcy, of Sprowston in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. The baronetcy was created on 16 July 1718 for Sir Lambert Blackwell, Kt of Sprowston Hall near Norwich, Norfolk. [1] Descended from the Blackwells of Surrey, he was a younger son of John Blackwell of Mortlake.
Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet (c. 1589 – 19 January 1628) was MP for Norfolk between 1624 and 1625 and Yarmouth between 1625 and 1626. [1]He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612 and the elder brother of the regicide, Miles Corbet. [2]
Sir Lambert Blackwell, 1st Baronet (died 1727) of Sprowston Hall, Norfolk, was an English diplomat and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Blackwell was one of the younger of the seventeen children of Captain John Blackwell , of Mortlake, Surrey and his wife Elizabeth Smithsby, daughter of James Smithsby.