Roudham is a small settlement and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of

Roudham and Larling Roudham and Larling is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It includes the villages of Roudham and Larling. It covers an area of and had a population of 278 in 119 households at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, increasi ...

, in the

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district of the county of

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, England. It lies about north-east of

Thetford Thetford is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road (England), A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, coverin ...

, to the south of the A11 road towards Norwich. There are remains of a

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settlement. The Breckland line, opened in 1845, passes just north of Roudham. In 1869, when a branch was built northward to

Swaffham Swaffham () is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Breckland District and England, English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of and in the U ...

, Roudham Junction railway station was opened about to the west. The branch and the station closed in 1964. About a mile east of the settlement, next to Harling Road station, is an area of light industry. Among the businesses there is St George's Distillery, a producer of English

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. The parish is centred round the ruinous remains of St Andrew's Church, abandoned in 1736 after a destructive fire. Although it stands to this day with all its walls at their original height, the structure of the building is weak. The church remains a significant monument in the landscape, although due to its weak condition, it has had to be cordoned off due to the danger of it collapsing.

Civil parish

On 1 April 1935, the parish of

Larling Larling is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Roudham and Larling, in the England, English county of Norfolk. Larling is located north-east of Thetford and south-west of Norwich. History Larling's name is of Anglo-Saxons, ...

was merged with Roudham. On 14 August 2000, the new parish was renamed to "Roudham & Larling". In 1931 the parish of Roudham (prior to the merge) had a population of 151.

References

{{authority control Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk Breckland District