Dickleburgh and Rushall
Dickleburgh and Rushall | |
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![]() ![]() Dickleburgh and Rushall Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 14.90 km2 (5.75 sq mi) |
Population | 1,472 (2011) |
• Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TM166785 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DISS |
Postcode district | IP21 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Dickleburgh and Rushall is a civil parish in South Norfolk. It covers an area of 14.90 km2 (5.75 sq mi) and had a population of 1356 in 565 households at the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 1,472 at the 2011 Census.[2]
Toponymy[]
The name 'Dickleburgh' means 'Dicel's/Dicla's fortification'. The specific might also be a place-name: Dic-leah, 'wood/clearing of Diss' or 'ditch wood/clearing'.
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.
Creation[]
The parish comprises the two old parishes (pre-1973) Dickleburgh and Rushall.
Electoral ward[]
This parish also forms part of the electoral ward of Dickleburgh. This ward stretches north to Great Moulton with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,814.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ "Dickleburgh and Rushall parish information". South Norfolk Council. 12 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Dickleburgh ward plus parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 September 2015.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Rushall http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Dickleburgh
External links[]
Media related to Dickleburgh and Rushall at Wikimedia Commons
- Civil parishes in Norfolk
- South Norfolk
- Norfolk geography stubs