Roydon (near Diss), Norfolk Genealogy

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Parish History
ROYDON (St. Remigius), a parish, in the union of Guiltcross, hundred of Diss, E. division of Norfolk, 1¼ mile (W.) from Diss.

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.

Roydon is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile west of Diss. For local government purposes the civil parish is in the South Norfolk District.

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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Images of the parish register are available online in FamilySearch Historical Record Collections. Norfolk Record Office reference PD 567/1-9

Parish registers of Roydon (near Diss) Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich. Some early records in Latin. Norfolk Record Office nos.: PD567/1-9, 79, 80(W).

Baptisms, 1559-1697, burials, 1658-1680 (1666-1667 follows 1680), 1559-1658, marriages, 1559-1638, 1650-1697, burials, 1681-1693, followed by separate indexes; burials &amp; baptisms, 1698-1784, marriages, 1698-1754 (index before burials); baptisms &amp; burials, 1785-1812; baptisms, 1813-1901; marriages &amp; banns, 1754-1803; marriages, 1804-1901. FHL BRITISH Film 2147145 Items 14 - 21 Burials, 1813-1900; banns, 1804-1858, 1873-1901. FHL BRITISH Film 2147146 Items 1 - 3

Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1811 Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Baptisms, burials and marriages 1725-1811 FHL BRITISH Film 1526815 Item 2

Known Issues

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
Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.

The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved. Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search. Find my Past 1911 census search

Poor Law Unions
Guiltcross Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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
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 * 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