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Rougham, Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°45′03″N 0°42′41″E / 52.75073°N 0.71149°E / 52.75073; 0.71149
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Rougham
The street, Rougham
Rougham is located in Norfolk
Rougham
Rougham
Location within Norfolk
Area10.85 km2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population141 (2011)[1]
• Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF830204
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKing's Lynn
Postcode districtPE32
Dialling code01328
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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Norfolk
52°45′03″N 0°42′41″E / 52.75073°N 0.71149°E / 52.75073; 0.71149

Rougham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.85 km2 (4.19 sq mi) and had a population of 152 in 69 households at the 2001 census,[2] reducing to a population of 141 at the 2011 Census in 55 households. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

Buildings of note

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The local 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.[3]

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.[4] It is the ancestral home of the North family, descendants of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, and his son, the lawyer Roger North. The latter set up a parochial library at Rougham which contained the books and manuscripts of his late niece, the orientalist and linguist Dudleya North.

Toponymy

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The name "Rougham" is derived from the old English Ruhham, with ruh probably meaning rough ground, and ham, meaning village.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Church of St Mary". British Listed Buildings.
  4. ^ "Rougham Hall". British Listed Buildings.
  5. ^ Hewing the Stones, a genealogy site. Retrieved 27/2/2012