East Ruston is a village and a

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in the

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county of

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. The village is located south-east of

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and north-east of

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History

East Ruston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

for a farmstead or village with an abundance of brushwood, or shrubs. In the

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, East Ruston is listed as a settlement of 87 households in the

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of Happing. In 1086, the village formed part of the

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estates of Ralph Baynard. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, East Ruston was the location of

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

roadblocks and a reserve training area in preparation for resistance of a

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invasion of England.

Geography

According to the 2011 Census, East Ruston has a population of 595 residents living in 260 households. The parish has an area of . East Ruston falls within the constituency of North Norfolk and is represented at

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by Duncan Baker MP of the

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. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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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 The Churches Conservation Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk in England. The charity cares for over 350 churches of architectural, cultural and historic significance, which have been transferred in ...

since the 1980s. There are good examples of Nineteenth Century stained glass, particularly a depiction of the Presentation of Christ by

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Amenities

The public house is called the Butchers Arms. East Ruston is the home to the noted

East Ruston Old Vicarage East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens is a notable privately owned garden in the county of Norfolk at East Ruston in Eastern England. The gardens were established in 1973 by Alan Gray and Graham Robeson, who have created a design which incorporat ...

garden which is open to the public.

Transport

The closest railway station to East Ruston is

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which provides Bittern Line services to

Sheringham Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban Distr ...

and

. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

Notable Residents

* Richard Porson (1759-1808)- English classicist

In Popular Culture

East Runton is named as Abe Slaney's hiding place in

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's Sherlock Holmes story, ''

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''.

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 World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

: * Second-Lieutenant Walter J. J. Brumbley MC (1898-1918), 3rd Battalion,

Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

* 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,

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* Private Leslie W. Pointer (1897-1916), 1/9th Battalion,

Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and t ...

* Private Frederick G. Rump (1899-1918), 6th Battalion,

Royal East Kent Regiment The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury. It had a history dating back to 1572 and ...

* Private John Helsdon (1891-1916), 1st Battalion,

Essex Regiment The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three. ...

* 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

: * Sergeant Matthew Sculfer (d.1940), No. 21 Squadron RAF * Sergeant Jack Dixon (1921-1945),

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* Private Robert F. Pestell (1885-1943),

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

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