Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GUNTON

GUNTON, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; adjacent to the projected line of railway from Norwich to Cromer, 4½ miles NW of North Walsham r. station, and 5½ N by E of Aylsham. Post town, North Walsham. under Norwich. Acres, 945. Real property, £1, 261. Pop., 78. Houses, 16. Gunton Park, with a white brick mansion of 1785, on an eminence, amid extensive grounds, is the seat of Lord Suffield; and has an elegant entrance tower, 120 feet high. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Hanworth, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £206.* Patron, Lord Suffield. The church was rebuilt in 1 742.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Gunton AP/CP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Gunton

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