Trunch

Coordinates: 52°52′N 1°23′E / 52.86°N 1.39°E / 52.86; 1.39

Trunch
The village sign
Trunch  Trunch shown within Norfolk
Area	5.49 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population	805 (parish, 2001 census)
- Density	147 /km2 (380 /sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG2834
- London	134
Parish	Trunch
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTH WALSHAM
Postcode district	NR28
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Trunch is a village and parish in Norfolk, England^[1], situated three miles north of North Walsham and two miles from the coast at Mundesley. At the Census 2001 the village had a population of 805,^[2] and 388 households. The parish covers an area of 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi).

Saint Botolph's Parish Church

The Parish Church

The Crown public house, Trunch

A view of the village

Trunch Parish Church is the Grade I listed [1] 14th-century church of St Botolph. The church is famous for its carved and painted wood font canopy featuring lower panels with paintings of the twelve Apostles, a cornice including a Latin inscription, and above six arches filled with tracery.^[3] Only four such canopies still exist in England.^{[citation needed]} St Botolph's also features a hammerbeam roof with carved angels, as well as medieval misericords under the seats in the chancel. Anther medieval survival is the rood screen depicting 11 disciples and St Paul (their faces were scratched out during the Reformation). Lord Nelson's daughter is said to have been married in the church.

In 1589 Robert Thexton became the rector of Trunch. While at Cambridge university Thexton had been the room-mate of Christopher Marlowe the famous, and infamous, Elizabethan playwright.^[4]

Sid Kipper

The fictional village of St. Just-near-Trunch is known in English folk music as the home of the satirical band The Kipper Family.

Other links

Trunch Farmworkers Strike - Account of 1906 agricultural dispute in the village, from EASF.

References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey, Explorer Sheet 252, Norfolk Coast East, ISBN 9780319467268
2. ^ Census data
3. ^ Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson ISBN 0-300-09607-0
4. ^ Riggs, David. The World of Christopher Marlowe. Faber & Faber Ltd, 2004, p. 67. ISBN 0571221599