I also agree with Brian Peters that information on the broader community would be useful, which is why I wrote and posted on this thread information about Knapton, having read a book all about 20th century Knapton.

I have posted info from this book (edited by Gillian Shepherd, google for details) on this thread. This is the book where I found out that Walter went to Methodist Sunday school; they listed the people who did, presumably from records. It is where I found out that the significant Labour Movement person Arthur Amis (born in Trunch) was closely linked to Knapton Methodism via his preaching on the circuit. He started his life as a cowman at Mundesley, immediately joining the Nat Union of Agricultural Workers. He helped to marshal their forces in the general strike. In 1958 he became the first secretary-agent for the North Norfolk Labour Party, serving Edwin Gooch MP and Bert Hazell MP. One of the people interviewed in the book about Knapton was a niece of Amis, and said (though she might be biased) that he was one of the 'most favourite of all the local preachers'.

So I think I have made a reasonable contribution on this thread to the question of the background to Knapton.