West Rudham is a
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 authorit ...
in the
English county of
Norfolk
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. The village straddles the
A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road.
It covers an area of and had a population of 213 in 97 households at the
2001 census, the population including
Houghton Houghton may refer to:
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and increasing to 288 at the 2011 census.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the
district
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of
King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
History
The villages name means 'Rudda's homestead/village' or 'Rudda's hemmed-in land'.
There is evidence of occupation during the
Middle Ages
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.
In 2016 and 2016 archaeological test pits were dug. The report was published in 2019.
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Villages in Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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