Hunworth
St. Lawrence's Church
Hunworth Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TG0635
Civil parish	Stody
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOLT
Postcode district	NR25
Dialling code	01263
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°52′39″N 1°04′08″E / 52.87742°N 1.06889°E / 52.87742; 1.06889

Hunworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stody, in the English county of Norfolk.

Hunworth is located 11.5 miles (18.5 km) east-north-east of the town of Fakenham and 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Norwich.

Hunworth's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Huna's enclosure.^[1]

In the Domesday Book, Hunworth is listed as a settlement of 11 households in the hundred of Holt. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, Count Alan of Brittany and Walter Giffard.^[2]

A motte-and-bailey castle was built in Hunworth after the Norman Conquest of which only earthworks remain.^[3]

Hunworth Hall was built 1699 for Edmund Britliffe, a courtier to King William III.^[4][5]

Hunworth Watermill was built in 1815 on the River Glaven, though it was built on the site of a mill that had stood since Anglo-Saxon times. The mill was badly flooded in 2023, though it is still apparently in working order.^[6][7]

The River Glaven runs through the village.

Hunworth's church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and dates from the Twelfth Century. St. Lawrence's is located on Stody Road and has been Grade II listed since 1987.^[8] The church holds occasional Sunday service.^[9]

St. Lawrence's was gradually expanded throughout the medieval period and was restored during the Victorian era. The church holds a memorial to Edmund Britliffe, the builder of Hunworth Hall.^[10]

Hunworth is part of the electoral ward of Stody for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

Hunworth's war memorial is a framed plaque inside St. Lawrence's Church which lists the following names for the First World War:^[11]

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  Gable end of the old Barn on King Street with Edmund Britliffe's initials in the wall
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  Hunworth Hall
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  The Bell public house stands on the village green

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