Roydon, Essex
Historical Description
Roydon, a village and a parish in Essex. The village stands on the river Stort, and on the G.E.R., at the boundary with Herts, 4¼ miles W by S of Harlow, is sometimes called Woodredon, was formerly a market-town, and has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ware,, The parish comprises 3031 acres; population, 969. The manor belongs to Earl Cowley. Roydon Lodge is a modern mansion of brick and stone, situated on a bank of the river Stort, amidst some pleasant grounds. Nether Hall, an ancient mansion, belonged to the Colte family, but is now represented only by a gateway, and the property connected with it belongs now to the Houbloa family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £115 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Mornington. The church is an ancient building in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, N aisle, and an embattled western tower with small spire. It is partly covered with ivy, and it contains several ancient brasses.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Essex | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Roydon St. Peter | |
Hundred | Waltham | |
Poor Law union | Epping |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Roydon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Roydon (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.
The Essex pages from the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 is online.
Maps
Online maps of Roydon are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Essex online: