Norfolk: Sco Ruston

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Sco Ruston is about 7 miles E.S.E. of Aylsham.
It is also known as South Ruston.
See also East Ruston.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Tunstead (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Sco Ruston.
See Ashmanhaugh

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Michael.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

Rowles, Stuart: Church of England Parish Registers: Sco Ruston:
Baptisms: 1707-1837, Marriages: 1726-1837, and Burials: 1723-1837.
[Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, Monograph Series, vol 30, 1989]
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1707-1837, Banns 1777-1812, Marriages 1726-1835 and Burials 1723-1837.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Sco Ruston was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Sco Ruston was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Sco Ruston is in Tunstead hundred.

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Tunstead

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Tunstead and Happing Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Sco Ruston became part of the Tunstead and Happing (or Smallburgh) Union, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.

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