Roydon (near Lynn), Norfolk
Historical Description
Roydon (near Lynn), a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, 3½ miles E of North Wootton station on the Lynn and Hunstanton section of the G.E.R., and 5½ NE of King's Lynn. The Midland and Great Northern Joint railway has a station in this parish called Grimston Road. Post town, Lynn; money order and telegraph office, Grimston. Acreage, 1371 y population, 174. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The living is a rectory, annexed to Castle. Rising, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net value, £300 with residence. The church, which was rebuilt in 1857, is a small building of rubble in the Norman style, consisting-of chancel, nave, S porch, and an embattled western tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Roydon All Saints | |
Hundred | Freebridge-Lynn | |
Poor Law union | Freebridge-Lynn |
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 Roydon near Lynn:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1722-1901 | 1722-1901 | 1728-1902 | 1722-1904 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Roydon (near Lynn) from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Roydon (All Saints))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.