West Rudham

Human settlement in England

West Rudham

District

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townKING'S LYNNPostcode districtPE31PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°49′00″N 0°42′00″E / 52.8167°N 0.7°E / 52.8167; 0.7

West Rudham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village straddles the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. It covers an area of 11.81 km² (4.56 sq mi) and had a population of 213 in 97 households at the 2001 census,^[1] the population including Houghton and increasing to 288 at the 2011 census.^[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

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, archaeological test pits were dug.^[5] The report was published in 2019.^[6]

Notes

^ "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes". Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
^ "Key to English Place-names". Key to English Place-names. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
^ "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.