Trunch

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 2011 the village had a population of 909.[2] The parish covers an area of 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi).

Trunch

The village sign
Trunch
Location within Norfolk
Area5.49 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population909 (parish, 2011 census)
• DensityProper
OS grid referenceTG2834
• London134
Civil parish
  • Trunch
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTH WALSHAM
Postcode districtNR28
Dialling code01263
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Trunch is famous for its annual festival ‘Truncheonbury’ which happens every four years.

Trunch never had any rail connections in the village itself but it does have a rail map outside of its pub. Before the 1960s one could go to the next village along (Knapton) to catch a train to Cromer or North Walsham from Paston & Knapton railway station (M&GN) to catch a train. Now the nearest stations are Gunton and North Walsham.

St. Botolph's Parish Church

Trunch Parish Church is the Grade I listed[3] 14th-century church of St Botolph.[4] 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.[5] Only four such canopies still exist in England. St Botolph's also features a hammerbeam roof with carved angels, as well as medieval misericords under the seats in the chancel. Another 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.[6] St Botolph is the patron saint of Travel. Which makes sense with all the farmers travelling with their cattle through Trunch.

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

  • The parish church
  • The Methodist Church
  • The Crown public house, Trunch
  • A view of the village

References
  1. Norfolk Coast East. Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN 978-0319467268.
  2. "Trunch (Norfolk)". City Population. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  3. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1306175)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  4. "St Boltoph, Trunch". Norfolk Churches. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. WIlson, Bill (1997). Norfolk 1: Norwich and North East. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096070.
  6. Riggs, David (2004). The World of Christopher Marlowe. Henry Holt and Co. p. 67. ISBN 9780805077551.


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