In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tunstead like this:
TUNSTEAD, a parish, a district, and a hundred, in Norfolk. The parish lies near the North Walsham railway, 3 miles NE of Coltishall. Post town, Coltishall, under Norwich-Acres, 2,291. Real property, £4,684. Pop., 405. Houses, 95. The property is divided among three. The living is a vicarage, united with South Ruston, in the diocese of Norwich. ...
Value, £286.* Patron, Mrs. T. Mack. The church was recently restored.—The district contains 42 parishes, and is divided into 4 sub-districts. Acres, 62,607. Poor rates in 1863, £8,113. Pop. in 1851, 15,614; in 1861, 14,516. Houses, 3,344. Marriages in 1863, 89; births, 474,-of which 45 were illegitimate; deaths, 266,-of which 71 were at ages under 5 years, and 12 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 1,044; births, 4,672; deaths, 3,192. The places of worship, in 1851, were 42 of the Church of England, with 8,248 sittings; 1 of Independents, with 210 s.; 7 of Baptists, with 1,873 s.; 8 of Wesleyans, with 1,025 s.; 11 of Primitive Methodists, with 1,312 s.; and 1 of Wesleyan Reformers, with 100 attendants. The schools were 21 public day-schools, with 1,436 scholars; 20 private day-schools, with 387 s.; 35 Sunday schools, with 1,917 s.; and 3 evening schools for adults, with 16 s. The workhouse is in Smallburgh.-The hundred contains 27 parishes. Acres, 36,954. Pop. in 1851, 11,127; in 1861, 10,425. Houses, 2,426.
Tunstead through time
Tunstead is now part of North Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tunstead itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tunstead in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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