East Ruston

East Ruston
East Ruston
	The Butchers Arms, East Ruston
	East Ruston Location within Norfolk
Area	10.13 km2 (3.91 sq mi)
Population	595 2011 (including Brumstead)
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG344278
• London	136 miles (219 km)
Civil parish	East Ruston CP;
District	North Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR12
Dialling code	01692
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°47′49″N 1°28′35″E / 52.79682°N 1.476420°E

East Ruston is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 4.1 miles (6.6 km) south-east of North Walsham and 14 miles (23 km) north-east of Norwich.

History

East Ruston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a farmstead or village with an abundance of brushwood, or shrubs.^[1]

In the Domesday Book, East Ruston is listed as a settlement of 87 households in the hundred of Happing. In 1086, the village formed part of the East Anglian estates of Ralph Baynard.^[2]

During the Second World War, East Ruston was the location of British Army roadblocks and a reserve training area in preparation for resistance of a German invasion of England.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2011 Census, East Ruston has a population of 595 residents living in 260 households. The parish has an area of 5.16 sq mi (13.4 km²).^[4]

East Ruston falls within the constituency of North Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

Church of St. Mary

East Ruston's parish church was largely rebuilt in the Eighteenth Century on the site of previous worship and has been in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust since the 1980s. There are good examples of Nineteenth Century stained glass, particularly a depiction of the Presentation of Christ by A. L. Moore.^[5]

Amenities

The public house is called the Butchers Arms.^[6] East Ruston is the home to the noted East Ruston Old Vicarage garden which is open to the public.

Transport

The closest railway station to East Ruston is Worstead which provides Bittern Line services to Sheringham and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

Notable residents

Richard Porson (1759–1808)- English classicist

In popular culture

East Ruston is named as Abe Slaney's hiding place in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Dancing Men.^[7]

War memorial

East Ruston's war memorial takes the form of a short stone plinth topped with a Celtic cross, located in St. Mary's Churchyard. It lists the following names for the First World War:

Second-Lieutenant Walter J. J. Brumbley MC (1898–1918), 3rd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Stoker-First-Class Reginald Bristow (1900–1919), HMS Bacchante
Private Frederick J. Hilling (1886–1918), 190th (Trench Mortar) Battery, Bedfordshire Regiment
Private George W. Riches (d.1917), 12th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Private Leslie W. Pointer (1897–1916), 1/9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Private Frederick G. Rump (1899–1918), 6th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment
Private John Helsdon (1891–1916), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private Clarence H. Pratt (1888–1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Private John R. Hemp (1896–1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private James Riches (1884–1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Walter J. Cutting (1892–1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Sapper R. Percival Taylor (1894–1917), 128th Company, Royal Engineers
Sapper William H. Ward (d.1916), 209th (Field) Company, Royal Engineers
Second-Hand Robert Spanton (1867–1917), H.M. Drifter Young Fred
Trimmer Cecil V. Grimmer (d.1917), HMS Attentive
Edward Eaton
Charles Larkin
William Rivers
William Shepherd

And, the following for the Second World War:

Sergeant Matthew Sculfer (d.1940), No. 21 Squadron RAF
Sergeant Jack Dixon (1921–1945), No. 153 Squadron RAF
Private Robert F. Pestell (1885–1943), Royal Army Ordnance Corps^[8]

References

^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/East%20Ruston
^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3427/east-ruston/
^ Aldridge, P and Gurney, D. (2006; 2008). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF333-East-Ruston
^ Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006409
^ Knott, S. (2019). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastruston/eastruston.htm
^ The Butchers Arms Retrieved 28 March 2009.
^ Conan Doyle, A. (1903). The Adventure of the Dancing Men. ISBN 0-486-29558-3
^ Smith, L. (2003). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/EastRuston.html

External links

Media related to East Ruston at Wikimedia Commons

[1] University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/East%20Ruston

[2] Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3427/east-ruston/

[3] Aldridge, P and Gurney, D. (2006; 2008). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF333-East-Ruston

[4] Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 27, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006409

[5] Knott, S. (2019). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastruston/eastruston.htm

[6] The Butchers Arms Retrieved 28 March 2009.

[7] Conan Doyle, A. (1903). The Adventure of the Dancing Men. ISBN 0-486-29558-3

[8] Smith, L. (2003). Retrieved December 27, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/EastRuston.html

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