Gunness (or Gunhouse) is a township and small village situated on the east bank of the River Trent and deriving its name from forming a ness or promontory in the River Trent. Transport The nearest railway station is Althorpe. Historical notes This section incorporates text from Kelly's Almanac of 1933. It is written in the present tense but is now mainly of historical interest. It has a station, for goods only, about half a mile distant on the South Yorkshire branch of the London and North East… (More on Gunness)