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Village in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Ruston is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 4.1 miles (6.6 km) south-east of North Walsham and 14 miles (23 km) north-east of Norwich.
| East Ruston | |
|---|---|
 The Butchers Arms, East Ruston | |
  East Ruston Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 10.13 km2 (3.91 sq mi) |
| Population | 595 2011 (including Brumstead) |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG344278 |
| • London | 136 miles (219 km) |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR12 |
| Dialling code | 01692 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
East Ruston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a farmstead or village with an abundance of brushwood, or shrubs.[1]
In the Domesday Book, East Ruston is listed as a settlement of 87 households in the hundred of Happing. In 1086, the village formed part of the East Anglian estates of Ralph Baynard.[2]
During the Second World War, East Ruston was the location of British Army roadblocks and a reserve training area in preparation for resistance of a German invasion of England.[3]
According to the 2011 Census, East Ruston has a population of 595 residents living in 260 households. The parish has an area of 5.16 sq mi (13.4 km2).[4]
East Ruston falls within the constituency of North Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.
East Ruston's parish church was largely rebuilt in the Eighteenth Century on the site of previous worship and has been in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust since the 1980s. There are good examples of Nineteenth Century stained glass, particularly a depiction of the Presentation of Christ by A. L. Moore.[5]
The public house is called the Butchers Arms.[6] East Ruston is the home to the noted East Ruston Old Vicarage garden which is open to the public.
The closest railway station to East Ruston is Worstead which provides Bittern Line services to Sheringham and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.
East Ruston is named as Abe Slaney's hiding place in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Dancing Men.[7]
East Ruston's war memorial takes the form of a short stone plinth topped with a Celtic cross, located in St. Mary's Churchyard. It lists the following names for the First World War:
And, the following for the Second World War:
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