Gunthorpe, Norfolk

Gunthorpe
Gunthorpe Village sign
Gunthorpe Gunthorpe shown within Norfolk
Area	8.82 km² (3.41 sq mi)
Population	244 (Including Bale.2011 census)^[1])
– density	28/km² (73/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG0134
– London	122 miles (196 km)
Civil parish	Gunthorpe
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FAKENHAM
Postcode district	NR21
Dialling code	01328
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°52′23″N 0°59′35″E / 52.873°N 0.993°E / 52.873; 0.993

Gunthorpe is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.^[2] The village is 8.6 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 14.9 miles west south west of Cromer and 122 miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

Location

The village of Gunthorpe is situated in a shallow valley on the eastern side of the A148 King’s Lynn to Cromer road. At the centre of the village is a green where there is a convergence of five roads. In the north west of the village there is a parish church which is dedicated to Saint Mary. Close by is the old village school which was built in 1869, but now closed.

History

Gunthorpe is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it is listed with the names of Gunatorp and Gunestorp.^[3] The first tenant was Peter de Valognes

The parish church of Saint Mary

The church was built around 1417 but has been substantially rebuilt by Frederick Preedy in the 1860s. The tower and transept are old, but much of the exterior has been refaced and the chancel is all the work of Preedy. Much of the interior dates from the same rebuild. At the churchyard gate stands the village war memorial.

Gunthorpe Hall

Gunthorpe Hall was originally built in 1789 to the design of Sir John Soane, the architect who designed the Bank of England building in Threadneedle Street in 1778 and was renovated in 1880 by William Butterfield. The Hall is a large part Georgian, part Victorian Hall and at one time had forty rooms and a separate stable block and coach house. The hall is a Grade II listed building.^[4]

Notation

The Acute Stroke Unit in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is named after this village.

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
↑ OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21726-4.
↑ The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 190 ISBN 1-85833-440-3
↑ "Name: GUNTHORPE HALL List entry Number: 1171097". English Heritage. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

External links

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Civil parishes of North Norfolk

Alby with Thwaite Aldborough Antingham Ashmanhaugh Aylmerton Baconsthorpe Bacton Barsham Barton Turf Beeston Regis Binham Blakeney Bodham Briningham Brinton Briston Brumstead Burgh and Tuttington Catfield Cley next the Sea Calthorpe Colby Corpusty Cromer Dilham Dunton East Beckham East Ruston Edgefield Erpingham Fakenham Felbrigg Felmingham Field Dalling Fulmodeston Gimingham Great Snoring Gresham Guestwick Gunthorpe Hanworth Happisburgh Helhoughton Hempstead Hempton Hickling High Kelling Hindolveston Hindringham Holkham Holt Honing Horning Horsey Hoveton Ingham Ingworth Itteringham Kelling Kettlestone Knapton Langham Lessingham Letheringsett with Glandford Little Barningham Little Snoring Ludham Matlaske Melton Constable Morston Mundesley Neatishead Northrepps North Walsham Overstrand Paston Plumstead Potter Heigham Pudding Norton Raynham Roughton Runton Ryburgh Salthouse Scottow Sculthorpe Sea Palling Sheringham Sidestrand Skeyton Sloley Smallburgh Southrepps Stalham Stibbard Stiffkey Stody Suffield Sustead Sutton Swafield Swanton Abbott Swanton Novers Tatterford Tattersett Thornage Thorpe Market Thurning Thursford Trimingham Trunch Tunstead Upper Sheringham Walcott Walsingham Warham Wells-next-the-Sea West Beckham Westwick Weybourne Wickmere Wighton Witton Wiveton Wood Norton Worstead

See also South Norfolk Great Yarmouth Broadland North Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Breckland

Ceremonial county of Norfolk

Boroughs or districts	Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk

Major settlements	Acle Attleborough Aylsham Cromer Dereham Diss Downham Market Fakenham Great Yarmouth Hingham Holt Hunstanton King's Lynn Loddon North Walsham Norwich Redenhall with Harleston Reepham Sheringham Sprowston Stalham Swaffham Thetford Thorpe St Andrew Watton Wells-next-the-Sea Wymondham See also: List of civil parishes in Norfolk

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