Castle Rising

  1. Home
  2. Wiki
This article is about the village and civil parish. For the castle after which it is named, see Castle Rising Castle.

Castle Rising
Castle Rising
Castle Rising is located in Norfolk
Castle Rising
Castle Rising
Location within Norfolk
Area8.65 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population200 (2021)
• Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF655245
Civil parish
  • Castle Rising
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE31
Dialling code01553
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°47′35″N 0°28′08″E / 52.793°N 0.469°E / 52.793; 0.469

Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 37 miles (60 km) north-west of Norwich.

The village is on the course of the River Babingley, which separates it from the lost village of Babingley. At the 2021 census the population of Castle Rising was 200, a slight decrease from 216 at the 2011 census.[1]

History

[edit]

Castle Rising's is named after the Norman castle of the same name.[2] In the Domesday Book it is listed as a settlement of 41 households in the hundred of Freebridge and was part of the estates of Bishop Odo of Bayeux.[3]

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 Edward II. The castle was subsequently passed to Edward the Black Prince and, today, the site is managed by English Heritage.[4]

Before the Reform Act of 1832, Castle Rising was a parliamentary borough. Due to its small population, it is often given as an example of a rotten borough. Samuel Pepys was the member of parliament for the constituency of Castle Rising between 1673 and 1679, as was Robert Walpole between 1701 and 1702.[5]

St. Lawrence's Church

[edit]
View of Castle Rising Castle from the surrounding village

Castle Rising's parish church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and was built in the 12th century on the orders of William d'Aubigny. It is Grade I listed.[6] The church was restored first by Anthony Salvin in the 1840s and subsequently by George Edmund Street in the 1860s, both at the expense of Fulk Greville Howard. It has a carved 12th century font and has stained-glass designed by William Wailes.[7]

[edit]
Castle Rising church in July 2017

Castle Rising appeared as a Danish village in the 1985 film Out of Africa.[8] It was also the setting for Grass, a 2003 spin-off of The Fast Show.[citation needed]

Notable people

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Castle Rising (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ^ "[Castle] Rising | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Castle Rising Castle". English Heritage. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ^ Plumb, J. H. (John Harold). Sir Robert Walpole. Publication date 1973 pg. 95
  6. ^ "CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, Castle Rising - 1077602 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  8. ^ "West Norfolk Film History". King's Lynn: Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castle Rising.