Rushall, Norfolk

Rushall
Rushall
	St Mary’s Church
	Rushall Location within Norfolk
Civil parish	Dickleburgh and Rushall;
District	South Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DISS
Postcode district	IP21
Dialling code	01379
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South Norfolk;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°23′47″N 1°11′06″E / 52.396501°N 1.185107°E

Rushall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dickleburgh and Rushall, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176.^[1]

The church of Rushall St Mary the Virgin is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

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.^[2]

History

The village used to be its own civil parish until it merged with Dickleburgh on 1 April 1935, the parish is now called Dickleburgh and Rushall.^[3]

References

^ "Population statistics Rushall CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "Rushall Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
^ "Depwade Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

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[1] "Population statistics Rushall CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[2] "Rushall Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[3] "Depwade Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

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