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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Trunch like this:
TRUNCH, a parish, with a village, in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 3 miles N by E of North Walsham r. station. It has a post-office under Norwich. Acres, 1,353. Real property, £2,771. Pop., 464. Houses, 107. The manor belongs to Lord Suffield. Much of the land, together with an extensive malting and brewing establishment, belongs to W. Primrose, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £420.* Patron, Catherine's College, Cambridge. The church is good, and there is a Methodist chapel.
Trunch is now part of NORTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Trunch itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Trunch, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2252
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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