Rougham, Norfolk
| Rougham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 The street, Rougham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF830204 |
| Location: | 52°45’3"N, 0°42’41"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 152 |
| Postcode: | PE32 |
| Dialling code: | 01328 838 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Breckland |
Rougham is a village in Norfolk. Its parish covers an area of 2,681 acres and had a population of 152 in 69 households at the 2001 census.
The name "Rougham" is derived from the old English Ruhham, which ruh may mean 'rough' in the describing the ground, which ham, means village or homestead.[1]
Parish church
The parish church is Saint 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. [2]
Rougham Hall
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. [3] It is the ancestral home of the North family, descendants of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, and his son, the lawyer Roger North.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Rougham, Norfolk) |
- ↑ Hewing the Stones, a (genealogy)
- ↑ Church of St Mary, Rougham - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ Rougham Hall - British Listed Buildings