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The following appear as names for Hunstanton. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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HUNSTANTON | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
HUNSTANTON WITH BARRETT RINGSTEAD | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Hunstanton. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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E250764 | Local Government District (UD) | |
HUNSTANTON | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 368. |
Local Government District (UD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 659. | |
Local Government District (UD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 659. | |
Manor | The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register | |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 368. | |
Parish-level Unit (CP) | 1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'. | |
Sanitary District (USD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657. | |
HUNSTANTON ST EDMUND | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 368. |
HUNSTANTON WITH BARRETT RINGSTEAD | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
NEW HUNSTANTON | Local Government District (UD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 659. |
Parish-level Unit (CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 368. | |
NFK 0684 | Manor | The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Hunstanton, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Hunstanton, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hunstanton in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/697/names
Date accessed: 14th May 2024