Roydon, South Norfolk

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]

Roydon St Remigius

Roydon, South Norfolk
Roydon, South Norfolk
Location within Norfolk
Area5.54 km2 (2.14 sq mi)
Population2,457 
• Density444/km2 (1,150/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM097803
• London102.6 mi
Civil parish
  • Roydon, South Norfolk
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDISS
Postcode districtIP22
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
Signpost in Roydon

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
  1. "Roydon parish information". South Norfolk Council. 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. "Parish/Ward population 2011". Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 395. ISBN 0198691033.
  4. Blomefield, Francis (c. 1736). History of Norfolk . 1. London (published c. 1806). Check date values in: |publication-date= (help)
  5. Recording Archive for Public Sculpture in Norfolk & Suffolk


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