Ryston

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Ryston
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St Michael's Church
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Ryston
Location within Norfolk
Area9.36 km2 (3.61 sq mi)
Population178 
  Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
OS grid reference TF629011
Civil parish
  • Ryston
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DOWNHAM MARKET
Postcode district PE38
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
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Norfolk
52°35′02″N0°24′11″E / 52.58386°N 0.403061°E / 52.58386; 0.403061 Coordinates: 52°35′02″N0°24′11″E / 52.58386°N 0.403061°E / 52.58386; 0.403061

Ryston is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It once had its own railway station.

The villages name means 'Brushwood farm/settlement'.

It covers an area of 9.36 km2 (3.61 sq mi) and had a population of 93 in 34 households at the 2001 census, [1] the population increasing to 178 at the 2011 census. [2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

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Ryston Hall

St Michael's parish church dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1901. It is a Grade II* listed building. [3]

Ryston Hall is a Grade II* listed country house, built 1669-72 by the architect Sir Roger Pratt as his own home in 1669. It was later remodelled c.1780 by Sir John Soane and again by Anthony Salvin in 1867. [4] The formal gardens and woodland walks are open to the public several times a year.

Ryston railway station opened in 1882; it was closed to passengers in 1930.

Notes

  1. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine . Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL (1077857)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  4. Historic England. "RYSTON HALL (1205569)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 23 March 2014.

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