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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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St Andrew, Gunton, Church of England |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
St Andrew, Gunton, Church of England |
- 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.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms 1732-1811, Marriages 1732-1810 and Burials 1732-1810.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
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.
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Gunton to another place.
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
- Church of St Andrew, and the Hall
- Pictures.
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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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Gunton became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.