Rushall, Norfolk

Human settlement in England
  • Dickleburgh and Rushall
District
  • South Norfolk
Shire county
  • Norfolk
Region
  • East
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townDISSPostcode districtIP21Dialling code01379PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of England UK Parliament
  • South Norfolk
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England
Norfolk
52°23′47″N 1°11′06″E / 52.396501°N 1.185107°E / 52.396501; 1.185107

Rushall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dickleburgh and Rushall, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176.[1]

The church of Rushall St Mary the Virgin is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Toponymy

The name 'Rushall' means perhaps, 'Rif's nook of land' or the first element may be Old English 'hrif', 'belly/womb', used in some topographical sense.[2]

History

The village used to be its own civil parish until it merged with Dickleburgh on 1 April 1935, the parish is now called Dickleburgh and Rushall.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Population statistics Rushall CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Rushall Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Depwade Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 December 2021.


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