NORTH RUNCTON is a village and parish, 3 miles south-south-east from Lynn, and 2 south-west from Middleton station, in the Western division of the county, in the hundred and union of Freebridge Lynn, Lynn county court district, rural deanery of Lynn, and archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of All Saints is in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave and a square tower, surmounted by a small spire, containing 3 bells. The register dates from the year 1563. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Hardwick with Setch annexed, gross yearly value about £750, including 23 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of Francis Hay Gurney esq., and held since 1861 by the Rev. William Hay Gurney M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. The charities are of the annual value of about £10 for fuel. Runcton Hall, the seat of Somerville Arthur Gurney esq. J.P. is a white brick mansion, situated in pleasant grounds. Thomas R. Whittaker esq. is lord of the manor. Francis Hay Gurney esq. Lionel Heathcote esq, and Thomas R. Whittaker esq, are the chief landowners. The soil is light; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips. The area is 1,346 acres; rateable value, £2,476; the population in 1881 was 242.
HARDWICK is a small hamlet, nearly 2 miles north-north-west from North Runcton church, and 1 south from Lynn
POST OFFICE.—James Storey, receiver. Letters received from Lynn, arrive at 7.15 a.m. & are dispatched at 5.10 p.m. Lynn is the nearest money order & telegraph office
National School (boys, irls & infants), Wm. Orton, master; Mrs. Maria Orton, mistress
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