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Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is best known as the location of Castle Rising Castle, which dominates the village. The village is situated some north-east of the town of King's Lynn and 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.〔Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West''. ISBN 0-319-21886-4.〕 The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 225 in 110 households, the population reducing to 216 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civil Parish population 2011 )〕 For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.〔Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ''(Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes )''. Retrieved December 2, 2005.〕 It lies within the parliamentary constituency of Norfolk North West, whose Member of Parliament is Henry Bellingham of the Conservative Party. ==History== Castle Rising is included in Snettisham's complex entry in the Domesday book where it is divided in ownership between William de Warenne and the Bishop of Bayeux. Related berewicks are ''West Newton'' and ''Castle Rising''.〔Moreover, Weston Longville is said to be in Snettisham's valuation〕 However Castle Rising is clearly in the ownership of the Bishop of Bayeux〔''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.1075-6 and 1090〕 In 1332, Isabella of France retired to Castle Rising castle following a coup d'état by her son Edward III, seizing power from her and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. Isabella died here in August 1358. Prior to the Reform Act of 1832, Castle Rising had the status of a parliamentary borough and, because of its small population, was often cited as a rotten borough. Its most notable member was Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742. Samuel Pepys also served as its member. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Castle Rising」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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