East Rudham
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![]() ![]() East Rudham Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi) |
Population | 541 (2011) |
• Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TF826280 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KING'S LYNN |
Postcode district | PE31 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
East Rudham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi) and had a population of 525 in 240 households at the 2001 census,[1] including Broomsthorpe and increasing to 541 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The village straddles the A 148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. It once had its own East Rudham station on the line between King's Lynn and Melton Constable.
History[]
The villages name means 'Rudda's homestead/village' or 'Rudda's hemmed-in land'.[3]
There is evidence of occupation during the Middle Ages.[4]
In 2016 and 2016 archaeological test pits were dug. [5] The report was published in 2019.[6]
Governance[]
East Rudham is part of the electoral ward of Rudham. The population of this ward at this 2011 census was 2,128.[7]
Notes[]
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Rudham%20East%20and%20West
- ^ "Mediaeval Archaeology" (PDF). www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "East and West Rudham". www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "East and West Rudham" (PDF). www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Rudham ward population 2011". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
External links[]
Media related to East Rudham at Wikimedia Commons
- Villages in Norfolk
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Civil parishes in Norfolk
- Norfolk geography stubs