Runhall

Runhall is a village in the civil parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne in Norfolk, England. The parish covers an area of 11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi) and had a population of 365 in 137 households at the 2001 census,[2] including Welborne and increasing in the 2011 Census to a population of 401 in 148 households.

Runhall

All Saints, Runhall
Runhall
Location within Norfolk
Area11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Population401 (2011)[1]
• Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG054070
Civil parish
  • Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR9
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

The villages name origin is uncertain possibly, 'tree-trunk nook of land', 'Runa's nook of land', or perhaps, 'council's nook of land'.

Its church, All Saints, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

The civil parish contains the villages of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne. These were separate parishes before being merged with Runhall in 1935.[3] The civil parish was renamed from Runhall to Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne.[4]

Notes
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "Runhall parish information". South Norfolk Council. 4 January 2006. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. "Runhall AP/CP through time | Administrative history of Parish-level Unit: hierarchies, boundaries". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  4. "Change of parish council name" (PDF). Lgbce. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

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