Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is best known as the location of Castle Rising Castle, which dominates the village. The village is situated some 8 km north-east of the town of King's Lynn and 60 km west of the city of Norwich.The River Babingley skirts the North of the village separating Castle Rising from the site of the lost village of Babingley.^[1] Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Castle Rising, illustrated in Cassells History of England circa 1902 Castle Rising Castle, in Norfolk, was built in about 1150 by William dAubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who also owned Arundel Castle. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1 km and 10 km (103 and 104 m). ... Kings Lynn is a town and port in the English county of Norfolk. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 and 100 km (104 to 105 m). ... Norwich (IPA: //) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England. ... The Babingley is a minor river in the northwest of the county Norfolk in England. ... , The Ruin of St Felix Church Babingley is one of Norfolks lost villages. ...

The civil parish has an area of 8.65 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 225 in 110 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.^[2] To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 1 km² (100 hectares) and 10 km² (1000 hectares). ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... Kings Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district and borough in Norfolk, England. ...

Prior to the Reform Act of 1832, Castle Rising had the status of a parliamentary borough and, because of its small population, was often cited as a rotten borough. Its most notable member was Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742. The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom. ... Parliamentary boroughs are boroughs that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. ... The term rotten borough referred to a parliamentary borough or constituency in Great Britain and Ireland which, due to size and population, was controlled and used by a patron to exercise undue and unrepresentative influence within parliament. ... Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (commonly known as Robert Walpole, or Sir Robert Walpole) KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ...

References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
2. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

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See also

Castle Rising (UK Parliament constituency) Castle Rising was a parliamentary borough in Norfolk, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1558 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. ...

External links

• Map sources for Castle Rising.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Castle Rising.

Coordinates: 52.79269° N 0.45303° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...