East Rudham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
The village is located north-east of King's Lynn and north-west of Norwich. It includes the former parish of Broomsthorpe.
History East Rudham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for 'Rudda's' homestead or village.
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.
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.
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.
Geography According 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.
East Rudham is located on the A148, between King's Lynn and Cromer.
St. Mary's Church East 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.
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.
Governance East 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 Memorial East 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: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationCpl.H. Walter Wake5th Bn., Norfolk Regiment28 Aug. 1915Helles MemorialLCpl.Bertie R. Huggins9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.29 Apr. 1917St. Patrick's CemeteryDvr.Claude WhitbyAtt. 20 Bde., Royal Horse Artillery16 Nov. 1918Hadra War CemeteryGnr.Alfred Vertigen331 Bde., Royal Field Artillery25 Mar. 1918Abbeville CemeteryGnr.William E. Hammond64 Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery25 Jun. 1917Faubourg CemeteryGnr.Frank Green290 Siege Bty., R.G.A.4 Oct. 1918Raillencourt CemeteryPte.Albert E. Overland1st Bn., East Surrey Regiment8 Oct. 1917Lijssenthoek CemeteryPte.Frederick W. Billing13th Bn., Essex Regiment28 Apr. 1917Arras MemorialPte.Herbert Gregory13th Bn., Royal Fusiliers29 Apr. 1917Chili Trench CemeteryPte.Robert W. Nicholls7th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment13 Jul. 1918 Seda-Torcy CemeteryPte.James E. Daniels1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment10 Apr. 1916Faubourg CemeteryPte.Charles E. Butcher5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917Gaza War CemeteryPte.Cecil E. Strangleman5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917Gaza War CemeteryPte.Ernest A. Bobbitt1st Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment24 Oct. 1918Vadencourt CemeteryPte.Albert L. Dawson6th Bn., Northamptonshire Regt.19 Oct. 1917Dozinghem CemeteryPte.Edric J. Couzens1st Bn., Worcestershire Regiment8 Jul. 1916Gordon Dump Cemetery The memorial also lists the following names for the Second World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurialLt.Henry R. NewtonRoyal Norfolk Regiment21 Apr. 1944Cassino War CemeteryRev.Henry T. Wagg MiDArmy Chaplain's Department19 Jul. 1944Hermanville War CemeteryCpl.Charles H. Riches1st Bn., Coldstream Guards22 May 1940Wilsele ChurchyardLACNorman F. KirkRoyal Air Force26 May 1942East Rudham CemeteryLCpl.Gordon L. Norman5th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment29 Jul. 1943Kanchanaburi War CemeteryGnr.George W. Twite1 Light Regt., Royal Artillery6 Dec. 1941Alamein MemorialPte.Cecil E. Strangleman2nd Bn., Essex Regiment3 Nov. 1944Bergen op Zoom CemeteryPte.D. Thomas Woodard2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment14 Apr. 1944Kohima War Cemetery
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