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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gunthorpe like this:
GUNTHORPE, a parish in Walsingham district. Norfolk. 5½ miles SW of Holt, and 6½ ESE of Walsingham r. station. Post town, Brinningham, under Thetford. Acres, 1, 087. Real property, £2, 213. Pop., 249. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Bale, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £534. Patron, the Rev. J. H. Sparke. The church has an embattled tower, and is good.
Gunthorpe 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 Gunthorpe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gunthorpe, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5644
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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