Norfolk: Roydon (near King's Lynn)

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

ROYDON is a village and parish within the purlieus of the borough and peculiar jurisdiction of Castle-Rising, 6 miles E.N.E. of Lynn, comprising 174 inhabitants, 526A. of enclosed land, and several 100 acres of an extensive heath, stretching hence to Castle-Rising and Grimstone[.]

Mrs., and the Hon. F.G. Howard, own the manor, and are patrons of the CHURCH, which is dedicated to All Saints, and is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at Ł5, and consolidated with Castle-Rising. The Rectory House, occupied by the curate, was built in 1840, and the church was repaired in 1844.

In 1454, a large and beautiful manor-house, called the Rey, built by the Wodehouse family, was pulled down, in consequence of a disputed claim between John Wodehouse and Thomas Danyel, Esqrs.

This parish participates in the benefits of the Hospital at Castle-Rising.

Directory:-

	Catton   John             bricklayer
	Gates    Henry            tailor and vict., Three Horse Shoes
	Harpley  Henry            bricklayer and beer house keeper
	Mynors   Rev. T.H., M.A.  curate
	Smith    Robert           shoemaker
	Saunders Roger            parish clerk

	   farmers

	Carter   Thomas
	Fisher   Mary Ann
	Gay      Thomas
	Hudson   Henry            (to William Hunter)
	Manning  Wm.

See also the Roydon (near King's Lynn) parish page.

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