Ryston

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title: "Ryston" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-norfolk", "civil-parishes-in-norfolk", "king's-lynn-and-west-norfolk"] description: "Village in Norfolk, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-norfolk" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryston" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Norfolk, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
os_grid_reference	TF629011
official_name	Ryston
population	178
area_total_km2	9.36
static_image	St Michael, Ryston, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 1501435.jpg
static_image_caption	St Michael's Church
shire_district	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
shire_county	Norfolk
region	East of England
civil_parish	Ryston
postcode_district	PE38
postcode_area	PE
post_town	DOWNHAM MARKET
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| country = England | coordinates = | os_grid_reference = TF629011 | official_name = Ryston | population = 178 | area_total_km2 = 9.36 | static_image = St Michael, Ryston, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 1501435.jpg | static_image_caption = St Michael's Church | shire_district = King's Lynn and West Norfolk | shire_county = Norfolk | region = East of England | civil_parish = Ryston | constituency_westminster = | postcode_district = PE38 | postcode_area = PE | post_town = DOWNHAM MARKET | dial_code = | london_distance =

Ryston is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It once had its own railway station.

The village's name means 'Brushwood farm/settlement'.

It covers an area of 9.36 km2 and had a population of 93 in 34 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 178 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Ryston_Hall,Downham_Market(geograph_3397262).jpg" caption="Ryston Hall"] ::

St Michael's parish church dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1901. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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. The formal gardens and woodland walks are open to the public several times a year.

Ryston railway station opened in 1882; it was closed to passengers in 1930.

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Ryston

References

1. [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive. link. (2017-02-11 . Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.)
2. "Parish population 2011".
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