Dunston, Norfolk

Dunston, Norfolk
Dunston
Dunston hall.jpg
Dunston Hall
OS grid reference TG 227 025
Parish Stoke Holy Cross
District South Norfolk
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Dunston is a small village which lies approximately 3 miles south of Norwich. It is located in the valley of the River Tas between Stoke Holy Cross and Caistor St. Edmund. It has a common which is popular with walkers.[1]

Parish records for Dunston exist as far back as 1557[2] but the village is now in the civil parish of Stoke Holy Cross.

Dunston Hall is now a hotel.

Notes

  1. ^ "Dunston Common". South Norfolk Council. http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/leisure/1216.asp. Retrieved 20 June 2009. 
  2. ^ "Norfolk: Dunston". Genuki Norfolk. February 2002. http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/d/dunston/. Retrieved 26 June 2009. 

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