In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Rudham like this:

RUDHAM (West), a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 7 miles W by S of Fakenham r. station. Post-town, East Rudham, under Brandon. Acres, 2, 835. Real property, £4, 546. Pop., 487. Houses, 112. The living is a vicarage, annexed to East Rudham. The church is good.

West Rudham through time

West Rudham is now part of KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Rudham itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Rudham, in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3942

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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