Dunston, Norfolk

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Dunston
Dunston hall.jpg
Dunston Hall
OS grid referenceTG 227 025
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorwich
Postcode districtNR14
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk

Dunston is a small village which lies approximately 3 miles south of Norwich. The population is included in the civil parish of Stoke Holy Cross. 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]

The villages name means 'Dun(n)(i)'s farm/settlement'.

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. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Norfolk: Dunston". Genuki Norfolk. February 2002. Retrieved 26 June 2009.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Dunston

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