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North Runcton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. OS Explorer Map 236 – King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. The village is west of Norwich, south-south-east of King's Lynn and north of London. The village is located a small distance south-west of the A47County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, page 230 between King's Lynn and Swaffham. The nearest railway station is at King's Lynn for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The parish of North Runcton in the 2001 census, has a population of 266, increasing to 549 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Half a mile from the village green is the junction with the A47. The road south from the common leads to Setchey away. Other nearby villages include Middleton and Blackborough End. The village surrounded by arable farmland. In the centre of the village is the green and All Saints' parish church. Also on the green are the buildings which used to house the school and the post office which closed in October 1975. The village school closed in July 1983 but the building now serves as the village meeting place and is also holds a nursery which opened 1996.
As a boy, the English actor Michael Caine was evacuated to North Runcton from London during World War II.
In the Domesday survey fractionsThe Normans in Norfolk, By Sue Margeson, Fabienne Seillier and Andrew Rogerson, Pub:1994, Page 21, were used to indicate that the entry, in this case a mill was situated within more than one parish, woodland at 20 pigs, 4 salt-houses and one third of a fifth. Always 1 cob, 4 head of cattle, 27 pigs, 100 sheep. 1 church, . 13 Freemen appertain to this manor, . Always 1 plough. Value always £6 4s 0d. The whole has 1 league in length and in width, of a 20s King's tax, it pays 12d. West Winch is in this measurement.
Four Ionians columns support the domed roof with other columns supporting the tripartite chancel arch.Norfolk 2: Norfolk: North-west and South, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, North Runcton entry. 0-300-09657-7 The reredos panelling is the work of Bell. The tower has been re-built from Norman materials with carved fragments that might be older. The church was extended and altered in the late 19th century. The church's internal furnishings date from the 1713 reconstruction by Bell. The font is from St Margaret's, King's Lynn. Bell had died in 1711, two years before the work was completed. It is a Grade I listed building.[1] church image and description In the 19th century the advowson was "in the gift" of Trinity College, Cambridge and the banker, Daniel Gurney. Appointments as rector included the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, chemist James Cumming and, as curate, the chemistry professor Joseph George Cumming.
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