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Roudham, Norfolk

Historical Description

Roudham, a parish, lying in a vale, in Norfolk, near the Peddar Way, 1½ mile E of Roudham Junction station on the Thetford and Norwich section of the G.E.R., and 6 miles NE from Thetford. Post town, East Harling. Acreage, 2125; population, 168. There is a parish council consisting of five members and a chairman. The manor belongs to the Buxtons. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £63. The church has long been in ruins.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishRoudham St. Andrew 
HundredShropham 
Poor Law unionWayland 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.

Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Roudham:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1663-18881663-18881538-18371539-1922


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Roudham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Roudham are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictBreckland
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR16
Post TownNorwich

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