Gunthorpe, Norfolk

Infobox UK place
official_name= Gunthorpe
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= North Norfolk
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= Gunthorpe
static_

static_image_caption = Gunthorpe Village sign
population= 261 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density=
os_grid_reference= TG0134
latitude= 52.8734
longitude= 0.99315
post_town= FAKENHAM
postcode_area= NR
postcode_district= NR21
dial_code= 01328
constituency_westminster= North Norfolk
london_distance= convert|122|mi|km

Gunthorpe is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. ["OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central". ISBN 0 319 21726 4.] . 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 were it is listed with the names of Gunatorp and Gunestorp [The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 190 ISBN 1858334403] . 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 1860’s. The tower and transept are old, but much of the exterior has been refaced and the chancel is all the work of Frederick Preedy. Much of the interior dates from the same rebuild. At the churchyard gate stands the village war memorial.

Gunthorpe Hall

Gunthorpe Hall was built to the design of Sir John Soane, the architect who designed the Bank of England building in Threadneedle Street in 1778. The Hall is a large part Georgian, part Victorian Hall and by that time had forty rooms and a separate stable block and coach house. The hall is a listed building.

Notation

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

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