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Knapton, Norfolk

Historical Description

Knapton, a parish in Norfolk, near the coast, 2¾ miles NE of North Walsham stations on the G.E.R. and E. & M. R., and 17 NNE of Norwich. It has a post office under North Walsham; money order office, Trunch; telegraph office, Mundesley. Acreage, 1490; population, 343. Knapton House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £360. The church stands on an eminence, is an ancient edifice, with a tower, and has a superb roof, with richly carved corbels. It was restored in 1882 at a cost of £2000. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishKnapton St. Peter and St. Paul 
HundredNorth Erpingham 
Poor Law unionErpingham 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Knapton from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictNorth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR28
Post TownNorth Walsham

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