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East Rudham
East Rudham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 14 miles (23 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Norwich. HistoryEast Rudham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for 'Rudda's' homestead or village.[1] Several Iron Age and Roman artefacts have been found close to East Rudham, and there is further evidence to suggest a small Roman settlement was based on the modern village.[2] In the Domesday Book, East and West Rudham are recorded together as a settlement of 67 households in the hundred of Brothercross. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne and Peter de Valognes.[3] East Rudham Railway Station opened in 1880 as a stop on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between South Lynn and Melton Constable. The station closed in 1959. During the Second World War, a starfish site was created on nearby Coxford Heath designed to draw Luftwaffe bombers away from King's Lynn.[4] GeographyAccording to the 2021 census, East Rudham has a population of 553 people which shows an increase from the 541 people listed in the 2011 census.[5] East Rudham is located on the A148, between King's Lynn and Cromer. St. Mary's ChurchEast Rudham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was rebuilt in the mid-Nineteenth Century in the Perpendicular style after the tower collapsed into the nave. St. Mary's is located on Fakenham Road and has been Grade II listed since 1953.[6] St. Mary's boasts a font dating from 1852 as well as a brass plaque and a churchtower clock which commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.[7] GovernanceEast Rudham is part of the electoral ward of Bircham with Rudhams for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The village's national constituency is North West Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's James Wild MP since 2010. War MemorialEast and West Rudham's War Memorial takes the form of an obelisk topped with a wheel cross, located beside the A148. It lists the following names from East Rudham for the First World War:[8][9]
The memorial also lists the following names for the Second World War:
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