Rushall 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of Dickleburgh and Rushall, in the

South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. The largest town is Wymondham, and the district also includes the towns of Costessey, Diss, Harleston, Hingham, Loddon and Long Stratton. The council was based in Long S ...

district, in the county of

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176. The church of Rushall St Mary the Virgin is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in

Toponymy

The name 'Rushall' means perhaps, 'Rif's nook of land' or the first element may be Old English 'hrif', 'belly/womb', used in some topographical sense.

History

The village used to be its own

until it merged with Dickleburgh on 1 April 1935, the parish is now called Dickleburgh and Rushall.

References

Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk South Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub