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RUSTON (East), a parish, with a scattered village, in Tunstead district, Norfolk; 5½ miles E by S of North Walsham r. station. Post-town, Stalham, under Norwich. Acres, 2, 494. Real property, £5,041. Pop., 757. Houses, 171. There is a commonage of 300 acresfor pasture and fuel. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Redlington, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is ancient. There is a national school. Porson, thecelebrated Greek scholar, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a scattered village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | East Ruston CP/AP Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU Norfolk AncC |
Place names: | EAST RUSTON | RUSTON | RUSTON EAST |
Place: | East Ruston |
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