Place:Rougham, Norfolk, England

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NameRougham
Alt namesRuhhamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 193
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.75°N 0.728°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoLaunditch Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Mitford and Launditch Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Breckland District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Rougham is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 10.85 km2 (4.19 sq mi) and had a population of 152 in 69 households at the 2001 UK census, reducing to a population of 141 at the 2011 UK census in 55 households. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of Breckland.

Buildings of note

The local Anglican church is St. Mary's, a perpendicular church dating from the 14th century, that was partly rebuilt in 1913. It contains a number of monuments to the Yelverton family.

Rougham Hall is a Grade II listed manor house, a largely 19th-century building on the site of the former Jacobean manor. During its restoration in 1878 it had added to it a staircase dated from circa 1700 taken from Finborough Hall, in Suffolk. It is the ancestral home of the North family, descendants of Dudley North, 4th Baron North (1602-1677), and his son, the lawyer Roger North.

Research Tips

  • Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
  • Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
  • Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
  • FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
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