CROSTWICK, a parish in St. Faith district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Bure, near the line of the projected railway from Norwich to Cromer, 4½ miles NNE of Norwich. It has a post office under Norwich. Acres, 690. Real property, £1, 467. Pop., 144. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. Most of the houses stand round a fine common of 30 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £192. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is later. English; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and was recently restored. There is a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))