Norfolk: Trunch

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

TRUNCH, 3 miles N. of North Walsham, is a considerable village, said to have had a market as late as the 16th century. It is called Trunchet in Domesday Book, and has in its parish 464 souls, and 1354A. of land. It is a member of the manor of Gimingham Lancaster, held of the Queen by Lord Suffield, and the soil belongs to several owners, the largest of whom is Wm. Primrose, Esq., who erected a large brewery here in 1837. His family has been seated here about 3 centuries.

The Church (St. Botolph,) has a tower and four bells. The living is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £10 13s. 4d., in the patronage of Catherine-Hall, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Jarrett, who has a good residence (rebuilt in 1832,) 23A. 1R. 7P. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £420, awarded, in 1839, in lieu of tithes.

The Methodists have a small chapel here.

Seven poor widows have 20s. a year, out of Sandpit close, left by Wm. Worts, in 1693.

         Buck       Benjamin     shopkeeper
         Canham     Wm.          gardener
         Chapman    Robert       saddler
         Chapman    Thomas       butcher
         Holl       Daniel       schoolmaster
         Jarrett    Rev Thomas   Rectory
         Long       Robert       blacksmith
         Newland    John         vict. New Inn
         Newland    Susan        vict. Crown
         Primrose   Wm., Esq.    brewer, &c.
         Watts      James        shopkeeper and
                                   carrier to Norwich, Saturday
         Woodrow    George       gentleman
         Wright     Henry        maltster, and corn and coal merchant
 
            FARMERS.
 
         Bugden     Cornelius
         Clark      Matthew 
         Hust       Thomas
         Miller     Robert
         Wortley    Robert       (and owner)
 
            Shoemakers.
 
         Benns      Wm.
         French     John         (& shopkeeper)
         Gibbins    Richard
         Sexton     Thomas
         Sussins    Wm.
 

See also the Trunch parish page.

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February 2001