Castle Rising

Castle Rising
Castle Rising
Castle Rising Location within Norfolk
Area	8.65 km² (3.34 sq mi)
Population	216 (2011)
• Density	25/km² (65/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF655245
Civil parish	Castle Rising
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE31

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England


List of places UK England Norfolk 52°47′35″N 0°28′08″E / 52.7929393°N 0.4689556°E / 52.7929393; 0.4689556

Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of the town of King's Lynn and 60 kilometres (37 mi) 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]

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History

Castle Rising's name is of Norman and Anglo-Saxon origin, deriving from a mix of the Old English and Norman French for a castle close to the settlement of Risa's people.^[2]

In the Domesday Book, Rising is listed as a settlement of fourteen households in the hundred of Grimshoe. The village was owned by William de Warenne.

Castle Rising Castle was built in the 1140s on the orders of William d'Aubigny and was most famously the residence of Queen Isabella after her role in the murder of King Edward II. The castle was subsequently passed to Edward of Woodstock and is now in the possession of Greville Howard.^[3]

Prior to the Reform Act 1832, Castle Rising was a parliamentary borough yet due to its small population it was often labelled as an example of a rotten borough. Samuel Pepys was the member for Castle Rising between 1673 and 1679 as was Robert Walpole between 1701 and 1702.

Geography

In the 2011 Census, Castle Rising was reported as having 216 residents living in 116 households.^[4]

Castle Rising lies within the constituency of North West Norfolk and is thus represented by James Wild MP of the Conservative Party at Parliament.

St. Lawrence's Church

Castle Rising's Parish Church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Lawrence. The font dates from the Twelfth Century yet the church was heavily restored in the Nineteenth Century by Anthony Salvin and George Edmund Street.^[5]

In popular culture

Castle Rising appeared as a Danish village in Out of Africa.

Castle Rising was also the setting for Grass, a 2003 spin-off of The Fast Show.

Notable residents

William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel – Norman nobleman
Adeliza of Louvain – Queen of England
William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel – Anglo-Norman nobleman
Isabella of France – Queen of England
Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising – British politician

War memorial

Castle Rising's War Memorials take the form of two metal plaques on two lanterns in the High Street. They bear the following names for the First World War:

Corporal Arthur R. Chivers (d.1918), 10th Battalion, Tank Corps
Private George Twaite (d.1917), 6th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment
Private Eric J. Marsters (d.1915), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Josiah Cooper (1885–1916), 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

And, the following for the Second World War:

Gunner Albert D. Ward (1921–1942), 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment
Private Hubert A. Bocking (1915–1944), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment^[6]