Norfolk: Roudham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Roudham is about 5 miles N.E. of Thetford.
See also Rougham, East Rudham and West Rudham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew but it was in ruins in the 18th century.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and picture of the ruins.
Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures of the ruins.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Roudham was in Wayland Registration District.

Description and Travel

O'Neale, David: Lest we forget: Bridgham and Roudham in the Great War.
[ISBN 1901470105, East Harling, Taverner Publications, 2006]

Directories

Historical Geography

Roudham is in Shropham hundred.

History

Barry, P.J.S. and Barry, Miriam: Roudham: a Breckland Deserted Mediaeval Village re-visited.
[ISBN 0953516016, Rochford, Dolphin Press, 2001]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Roudham Inclosure Act, 1772.
An act for inclosing the common fields, break lands, half year lands, Lammas meadows, heaths, commons and waste grounds within the parish of Roudham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1772]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Wayland Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Roudham became part of the Wayland Union, and the workhouse was at Rockland All Saints.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801   8 14   77

1811   8 13   75

1821 14 16   72

1831   8 16   73

1841 17 --   85

1851 26 -- 140

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 24 -- 132

1871 29 29 160

1881 33 36 167

1891 34 34 168

1901 33 33 172

1911 -- 34 160

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

1861 Census: WAYLAND. The general decrease of population in the Attleborough Subdistrict is mainly attributed to emigration."

Voting Registers

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