Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUNCTON (North)

RUNCTON (North), a parish, with Hardwick hamlet, in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; 3 miles S S E of Lynn r. station. Post-town, Lynn. Acres, 2, 239. Real property, £3,089. Pop., 304. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. R. Hall is the seat of D. Gurney, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with Hardwick and Setchy, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £750.* Patron, D. Gurney, Esq. The church is good. There are a national school, and charities £10.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with Hardwick hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: North Runcton AP/CP       Freebridge Lynn RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: NORTH RUNCTON     |     RUNCTON     |     RUNCTON NORTH
Place: North Runcton

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