Norfolk: Runton

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Runton is about 2 miles W. of Cromer.
It contains the villages of East Runton and West Runton.
See also Gunton.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of North Erpingham (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Runton.
See Trunch

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and is located in West Runton.
There is also a church in East Runton, which is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of the Holy Trinity at West Runton: Description and pictures.
Church of the Holy Trinity at West Runton: Location, events, etc.
Matthews, F.H. and Creasey, John: Runton Parish Church of the Holy Trinity - a Brief History.
[1967]
Church of St Andrew at East Runton: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew at East Runton: Location, etc.
East Runton Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
West Runton Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Runton was in Erpingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

East and West Runton: Parish council, churches, organisations, etc.
East and West Runton: Pictures, map, 1851 census, etc
Knights, Mark: The illustrated guide to Cromer and neighbourhood: including Runton, Sherringham, Overstrand, Sidestrand, Mundesley, Northrepps, Bacton, Bromholm, and the Broads; revised to the present time by Mark Knights.
[London, Jarrold, 1880s]
East Runton Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Runton is in North Erpingham Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for North Erpingham Hundred
Description of North Erpingham Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

Davey, Norman: Pottery Kilns at East Runton, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.27, 1941]
Leake, G.F.: East and West Runton - Two Villages, One Parish.
[ISBN 0946148759, Cromer, Poppyland Publishing, 2006]
Leake, G.F.: The Commons of East and West Runton, a brief history.
[Norwich, Norfolk County Council, Runton Commons Management Group, 1990s]
Leake, G.F.: An Undated Field Book relating to Runton, Norfolk.
Fifteenth and sixteenth century tenants, field names, manors, etc.
[Cambridge University, Dissertation, Certificate in Local Studies, 1977]
Rye, Walter: Notes on Runton, Norfolk - parish registers, the church, charities, etc.
[Norwich, Samuel Miller, in "Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany" vol.1, part.2, 1877]

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Runton became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

Schools

Kilvert, Muriel Leigh: The History of Runton Hill School, 1911-1977.
[Waveney Print, 1990s]

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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