Ruston Parva

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Ruston Parva
Ruston Parva (East Riding of Yorkshire)
Ruston Parva

Ruston Parva shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference TA064617
Parish Harpham
Unitary authority East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county East Riding of Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DRIFFIELD
Postcode district YO25
Dialling code 01377
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
European Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament East Yorkshire
List of places: UKEnglandYorkshire

Coordinates: 54°02′28″N 0°22′33″W / 54.04115, -0.37583

Ruston Parva (English: Little Ruston) is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles south west of Bridlington and lies just north of the A614 road.

St Nicholas Church, Ruston Parva
St Nicholas Church, Ruston Parva

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.