Roydon (near Diss), Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Roydon St Remigius (near Diss) is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich and the parish boundary froms the county boundary with nearby Suffolk. It is not to be confused with Roydon (near King's Lynn), Norfolk.

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

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

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


 * Guiltcross 1837-1902
 * Depwade 1902-1974

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish register for this parish are available online in Historic Record Collection (formerly record Search).

The images are confused with images for Roydon (near King's Lynn), Norfolk and await engineering to create two distinct parish collections. Refer to Roydon (near King's Lynn), Norfolk page for details of that parish images.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Guiltcross    http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/guiltcross_workhouse.htm

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/roydon-st-remigius/ for details of the parish

http://www.upperwaveneybenefice.com/page17.htm

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-225664-church-of-st-remigius-roydon/map British Listed buildings

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51248 British History online

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/roydon/roydon.htm Norfolk Churches website