Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GUNTON

GUNTON, a parish in Mutford district, Suffolk; on the coast, 2½ miles N by W of Lowestoft r. station. Post town, Lowestoft. Acres, 1, 072; of which 205 are water. Real property, £1, 053. Pop., 73. Houses, 13. the living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £149. Patrons, the Heirs of H. T. Fowler, Esq., and others. The church has late Norman doors, and a low circular west tower; and was chiefly rebuilt in 1700.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Gunton AP/CP       Mutford and Lothingland RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Gunton

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