Roydon, South Norfolk

Human settlement in England

Roydon, South Norfolk

District

South Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

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52°22′52″N 1°04′52″E / 52.381°N 1.081°E / 52.381; 1.081

Roydon is a small village, parish and electoral ward in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile west of Diss. It covers an area of 5.54 km² (2.14 sq mi) and had a population of 2,358 in 981 households at the 2001 census,^[1] the population of both parish and ward increasing to 2,457 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

It is mentioned in 1035 as Rygedune, and as Regadona and Regheduna in the Domesday Book, and later in 1242 as Reydon.^[3] In 1603 there were 124 communicants, and in 1736 there were 60 families, totalling 240 souls. In 1736 it was assessed for tax at 630 and a half pounds.^[4]

Roydon's current village hall was built in 1988 on the site of a previous building. The exterior wall hosts a relief carving relocated from Aldrich Brothers brush factory, in Factory Lane, which was demolished in 1972 ^[5]

It also has a small village primary school, Roydon Primary that teaches 200 pupils from 4 to 11, Reception to Year 6 (Kindergarten to 5th Grade).

Its church, St Remigius, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The dedication day was kept on the first of October, being the day of his translation.^[4]

Notes

^ "Roydon parish information". South Norfolk Council. 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Parish/Ward population 2011". Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 395. ISBN 0198691033.
^ ^a ^b Blomefield, Francis (c. 1736). History of Norfolk . Vol. 1. London (published 1805–1810).
^ Recording Archive for Public Sculpture in Norfolk & Suffolk