Trunch

Trunch
The village sign
Trunch  Trunch shown within Norfolk
Area	5.49 km^2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population	909 (parish, 2011 census)
– density	166/km^2 (430/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG2834
– London	134
Civil 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

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

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).

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]

Sid Kipper

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, comprising the decrepit and cantankerous Albert and his wide-boy son, Sid. For many years, the Kippers enjoyed sensational success on the club and festival circuit with their hilarious parodies of popular traditional songs, broad Norfolk accents and mischievous humour. Albert was eventually 'killed off', leaving Sid, the creation of actor Chris Sugden, to pursue a long and creative solo career. The Kippers recorded several albums that are widely regarded as classics among folk music cognoscenti.

Gallery

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  The parish church
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  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 image database (224309)". Images of 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.

External links

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