Rougham, Suffolk

Historical Description

Rougham, a scattered parish in Suffolk. The principal hamlet stands 2 miles S by W of Thurston station on the Bury and Ipswich branch of the G.E.R., and 5 ESE of Bury St Edmunds, and has a post and telegraph office under Bury St Edmunds; money order office, Beyton. The parish comprises 3977 acres; population, 835. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor and advow-son were given by Ulfketel the Saxon to Bury Abbey, went in the time of Henry VIII. to the Drurys, and with Rougham Hall belong now to the Johnstone family. The hall is an ornate brick mansion in the modern Tudor style, has a portico in the E front and towers at the E and the W wings, and stands in a very pretty park containing some of the finest oaks in Suffolk. There are several other good residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £514 with residence. The church is a fine and spacious building of stone and flint in the Perpendicular and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and a very lofty and handsome western embattled tower with six bells; it has a brass of 1400 in excellent preservation. The church has been very well restored. There are a Baptist chapel and six almshouses.

Administration

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

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Rougham from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Rougham (St. Mary))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Rougham 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 Suffolk papers online:

• The Ipswich Journal
• East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News
• Bury and Norwich Post
• Bury Free Press