Starston is a small village and
civil parish
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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 ...
. It covers an area of and had a population of 321 in 123 households at the
2001 census, the population increasing to 331 at the 2011 Census.
The Starston
village sign
In many parts of England, an ornamental village sign is erected to announce the village name to those entering the village. They are typically placed on the principal road entrance or in a prominent location such as a village green. The design ...
features a wind pump that was used to transport water from the Beck river up to Starston Place, which was demolished during the early 1900s.
The wind pump remained and was restored in 2010, and can be seen from the roadside.
Between 1856 and 1866, it had its
own railway station on the
Waveney Valley Line before it was shut to passenger trains through lack of usage. Freight and passenger through trains continued until the Beeching axe fell in the 1960s.
The village had a pub called "The Gate" until the 1950s. This was turned into a shop, which closed in 1984. The pub sign still exists and is owned by local residents. The village school closed in 1968. Most village children now attend schools in the town of
Harleston, about away.
In 2010, Starston villagers purchase
Glebe Meadowin the heart of the village and converted it into a public space with attractive views of the church.
David Knopfler
David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a British singer-songwriter. He was born in Scotland and raised in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, from the age of two. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he fo ...
of Dire Straits was once a resident of Starston.
Village Magazine
The village publishes a monthly magazine called
The Pigeon Post.
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Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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