Dickleburgh and Rushall

Human settlement in England

Dickleburgh and Rushall

District

South Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townDISSPostcode districtIP21PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°21′48″N 1°10′49″E / 52.363231°N 1.180344°E / 52.363231; 1.180344

Dickleburgh and Rushall is a civil parish in South Norfolk. It covers an area of 14.90 km² (5.75 sq mi) and had a population of 1356 in 565 households at the 2001 census,^[1] increasing to 1,472 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

Toponymy

The name 'Dickleburgh' means 'Dicel's/Dicla's fortification'. The specific might also be a place-name: Dic-leah, 'wood/clearing of Diss' or 'ditch wood/clearing'.

The name 'Rushall' means perhaps, 'Rif's nook of land' or the first element may be Old English 'hrif', 'belly/womb', used in some topographical sense.

Creation

The parish comprises the two old parishes (pre-1973) Dickleburgh and Rushall.

Electoral ward

This parish also forms part of the electoral ward of Dickleburgh. This ward stretches north to Great Moulton with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,814.^[3]

Notes

^ "Dickleburgh and Rushall parish information". South Norfolk Council. 12 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ "Dickleburgh ward plus parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 September 2015.