Runhall is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the

South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census. History The district was formed on 1 April 197 ...

district, in

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, England. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 365 in 137 households at the 2001 census, including

Welborne Welborne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 147. Its church, All Sain ...

and increasing in the 2011 Census to a population of 401 in 148 households. The villages name origin is uncertain possibly, 'tree-trunk nook of land', 'Runa's nook of land', or perhaps, 'council's nook of land'. Its church, All Saints, is one of 124 existing

round-tower church Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, mostly in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, six in Essex, three in Sussex and two each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshi ...

es in

Civil parish

On 1 April 1935 the parishes of

Brandon Parva Brandon Parva is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is near East Dereham and Norwich. History Brandon Parva's ...

, Coston and

were merged with Runhall, on 28 January 2013 the merged parish was renamed "Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne". In 1931 the parish of Runhall (prior to the merge) had a population of 169.

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Runhall

External links

All Saints on the European Round Tower Churches website
Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk South Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub