Roydon, King's Lynn
| Roydon | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 All Saints, Roydon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF704228 |
| Location: | 52°46’34"N, 0°31’34"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 357 |
| Post town: | King's Lynn |
| Postcode: | PE32 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
Roydon is a small village in the north of Norfolk, to the east of King's Lynn. It had a population of 357 recorded at the 2011 Census.
The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as Reidnua and in 1254 as Ridone.[1]
The village was served by the Grimston Road railway station of the Midland & Great Northern Railway Company (the station was named after the nearby village of Grimston despite being in the centre of Roydon because, at the time of opening, Grimston's population was ten times that of Roydon). The station opened in 1879, and closed to passengers in 1959 (freight traffic continued to pass through the village until this section of the M&GN railway finally closed in 1968).
Roydon today has a large common which is managed as a nature reserve.
The most significant building architecturally is the parish church of All Saints, parts of which date back to the 12th century although it was subject to major renovations by the prolific ecclesiastical architect George Edmund Street in 1857. The church is Grade II* listed.
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References
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 395 ISBN 0198691033