Nestling to the south of Fakenham on the banks of the upper Wensum river, Great Ryburgh is a charming village of between 700 and 800 residents. Great Ryburgh is listed in the Domesday Book in the hundred of Brothercross.
There is evidence that Great Ryburgh has been home to the watermill in Great Ryburgh which closed in 1923 since 1579.
Great Ryburgh Railway Station opened on the line between Dereham and Wells-next-the-Sea in 1849 and the station closed to passengers in 1964.