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"GUNTON, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (N.W.) from North Walsham, containing 59 inhabitants. The living is a discharged, rectory, with which the vicarage of Hanworth is consolidated, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £8, and in the patronage of Lord Suffield. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was rebuilt, with a portico of the Doric order, by Sir William Harbord, an ancestor of Lord Suffield." [Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright © Mel Lockie]

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Gunton is about 5 miles N.E. of Aylsham.
There is another parish of the same name in Suffolk, near Lowestoft.
See also Runton.

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
    It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
  • The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
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Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts
Baptisms 1732-1811, Marriages 1732-1810 and Burials 1732-1810.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Gunton was in Erpingham Registration District.

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Gunton is in North Erpingham Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for North Erpingham Hundred
Description of North Erpingham Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG234336 (Lat/Lon: 52.853817, 1.3166), Gunton which are provided by:

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Poor Houses, Poor Law