Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Roydon like this:

ROYDON, a parish, with a village, in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; 3½ miles E of Wootton r. station, and 5½ N E of Kings-Lynn. Post-town, Castle-Ris ing, under Lynn. Acres, 1, 351. Real property, £1,057. Pop., 196. Houses, 42. The manor belongs to the Hon. Mrs. Howard. The living is a rectory, annexed to Castle-Ris ing, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is Norman, and was recently restored. There is a national school.

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Travel writing

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