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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dunton like this:
DUNTON-CUM-DOUGHTON, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 3 miles W by -N of Fakenham r-station. Post town, Fakenham. Acres, 1, 721. Real property, £2, 125. Pop., 126. Houses, 28. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Norwich. Value, £161. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good.
Dunton 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 Dunton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dunton, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3366
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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