Trunch

DistrictShire countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORTH WALSHAMPostcode districtNR28Dialling code01263PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of England UK Parliament 52°52′N 1°23′E / 52.86°N 1.39°E / 52.86; 1.39

Trunch is a village and parish in Norfolk, England,^[1] situated three miles north of North Walsham and two miles from the coast at Mundesley. At the Census 2011 the village had a population of 909.^[2] The parish covers an area of 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi).

The villages name origin is uncertain perhaps, 'upland wood'.^[3]

Trunch never had any rail connections in the village itself but it does have a rail map outside of its pub. Before the 1960s one could go to the next village along (Knapton) to catch a train to Cromer or North Walsham from Paston & Knapton railway station (M&GN) to catch a train. Now the nearest stations are Gunton and North Walsham.

St Botolph's Parish Church

Trunch Parish Church is the Grade I listed^[4] 14th-century church of St Botolph.^[5] The church is famous for its carved and painted wood font canopy featuring lower panels with paintings of the twelve Apostles, a cornice including a Latin inscription, and above six arches filled with tracery.^[6] Only four such canopies still exist in England. St Botolph's also features a hammerbeam roof with carved angels, as well as medieval misericords under the seats in the chancel. Another medieval survival is the rood screen depicting 11 disciples and St Paul (their faces were scratched out during the Reformation). Lord Nelson's daughter is said to have been married in the church.

In 1589 Robert Thexton became the rector of Trunch. While at Cambridge University, Thexton had been the roommate of Christopher Marlowe the famous, and infamous, Elizabethan playwright.^[7]

In popular culture

The fictional village of St Just-near-Trunch is known in English folk music as the home of the former satirical folk duo, The Kipper Family.

Gallery

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  The parish church
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  The Methodist Church
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  The Crown public house, Trunch
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  A view of the village

References

External links

• Trunch Farmworkers Strike - Account of 1906 agricultural dispute in the village, from EASF.