Ryston

Ryston
St Michael's Church
Ryston Ryston shown within Norfolk
Area	9.36 km² (3.61 sq mi)
Population	178
– density	19/km² (49/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF629011
Civil parish	Ryston
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DOWNHAM MARKET
Postcode district	PE38
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°35′02″N 0°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.

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.

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. The grounds also contain one of the oak trees that are called Kett's Oak, and is associated with Kett's Rebellion of 1549.

Notes

↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
↑ "Name: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL List entry Number: 1077857". English Heritage. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
↑ "Name: RYSTON HALL List entry Number: 1205569". English Heritage. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

External links

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Ceremonial county of Norfolk

Boroughs or districts	Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk

Major settlements	Acle Attleborough Aylsham Cromer Dereham Diss Downham Market Fakenham Great Yarmouth Hingham Holt Hunstanton King's Lynn Loddon North Walsham Norwich Redenhall with Harleston Reepham Sheringham Sprowston Stalham Swaffham Thetford Thorpe St Andrew Watton Wells-next-the-Sea Wymondham See also: List of civil parishes in Norfolk

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Civil parishes of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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See also South Norfolk Great Yarmouth Broadland North Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Breckland

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