Ryston
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Ryston is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It once had its own railway station.
The village's name means 'Brushwood farm/settlement'.
It covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and had a population of 93 in 34 households at the 2001 census,[1] the population increasing to 178 at the 2011 census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
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St Michael's parish church dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1901. It is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
Ryston Hall is a Grade II* listed country house, built 1669-72 by the architect Sir Roger Pratt as his own home in 1669. It was later remodelled c.1780 by Sir John Soane and again by Anthony Salvin in 1867.[4] The formal gardens and woodland walks are open to the public several times a year.
Ryston railway station opened in 1882; it was closed to passengers in 1930.
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http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Ryston
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