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Gunthorpe, Norfolk

Village in Norfolk, England

Village in Norfolk, England

FieldValue
official_nameGunthorpe
countryEngland
regionEast of England
shire_districtNorth Norfolk
shire_countyNorfolk
civil_parishGunthorpe
static_image_nameFile:Gunthorpe Hall - geograph.org.uk - 510154.jpg
static_image_captionGunthorpe Hall
population229
population_ref(2021 census)
os_grid_referenceTG0134
coordinates
post_townMelton Constable
postcode_areaNR
postcode_districtNR24
dial_code01328
constituency_westminsterNorth Norfolk
london_distance122 mi
area_total_sq_mi10.03

Gunthorpe is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the village of Bale.

Gunthorpe is located 8.6 mi north east of the town of Fakenham and 21 mi north-west of Norwich.

History

Gunthorpe's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for Gunni's farmstead.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Gunthorpe is listed as a settlement of 18 households in the hundred of Holt. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I and Peter de Valognes.

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.

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Gunthorpe has a population of 229 people which shows a decrease from the 244 people recorded in the 2011 census.

The A148, between King's Lynn and Cromer, passes through the civil parish.

St. Mary's Church

Gunthorpe's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Mary's is located outside of the village on Bale Road and has been Grade II listed since 1959. The church remains open for Sunday services twice a month.

St. Mary's was mostly re-built by Frederick Preedy in the 1860s at the instigation of Canon John Henry Sparke of Gunthorpe Hall.

Notation

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

Governance

Gunthorpe is divided into two electoral wards of Gunthorpe North & Gunthorpe South for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

War Memorial

Gunthorpe War Memorial is a grey granite cross in St. Mary's Churchyard which lists the following names for the First World War:

RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/Commemoration
Lt.Douglas F. F. Shennan4th Bn., Rifle Brigade8 May 1915Menin Gate
2Lt.Marcus F. Oliphant5th Bn., Norfolk Regiment12 Aug. 1915Helles Memorial
Cpl.Richard Warnes7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.26 Mar. 1916Vermelles Cemetery
Pte.George Shearing1st Bn., Norfolk Regt.15 May 1917Orchard Dump Cemetery
Pte.Arthur Chapman5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.21 Aug. 1915Helles Memorial
Pte.Charles Bunn12th Bn., Norfolk Regt.11 Mar. 1918Jerusalem War Cemetery
Pte.George D. Price1st Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment18 Nov. 1917Buffs Road Cemetery
Pte.Geoffrey W. Stevens13th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment26 Apr. 1918Tyne Cot

References

References

  1. "Key to English Place-names".
  2. "Gunthorpe {{!}} Domesday Book".
  3. {{NHLE
  4. "MNF3233 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer".
  5. "Gunthorpe (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  6. "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Gunthorpe - 1305722 {{!}} Historic England".
  7. (2025-04-20). "Gunthorpe: St Mary".
  8. "Norfolk Churches".
  9. "Gunthorpe War Memorial, Gunthorpe - 1449622 {{!}} Historic England".
  10. "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Gunthorpe".
  11. "Geograph:: Garboldisham to Gunton :: War Memorials in Norfolk".
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