Ruston Parva

Ruston Parva

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 54.041150
longitude = -0.375830
official_name = Ruston Parva
population =
civil_parish = Harpham
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster = East Yorkshire
post_town = DRIFFIELD
postcode_district = YO25
postcode_area = YO
dial_code = 01377
os_grid_reference = TA064617

Ruston Parva is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately convert|8|mi|km|lk=on south west of Bridlington and lies just north of the A614 road.It forms part of the civil parish of Harpham.

Leeds based band Kaiser Chiefs, originally incorrectly named themselves "Runston Parva" after the East Riding of Yorkshire village. This was later shortened to "Parva" and then the band reformed under their current name Kaiser Chiefs, incorrectly named after South African football club Kaizer Chiefs, which was the club which originally signed Lucas Radebe before selling him to Leeds United.


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