More information : TL 95618715 St Andrew's Church (NR) (remains of) TL 95978727 Moat (NR).(1)
St Andrew's Church, destroyed c 1740. The walls and a greater
part of the tower remain.(2)
TL 956871 DMV of Roudham. Mentioned in Domesday 1086. Church is
ruined, 2 or 3 cottages remain scattered from it, and there are
signs of a site near the church.(3)
TL 956872 Earthworks lie between the road and marshy area to the
north. Two moats are near Roudham Hall.(4)
Near Roudham Hall two moats are visible, with other earthworks
including a sunken way. Banks and ditches are north of the church
suggest a manorial complex centred at TL 95658718.(5)
TL 958873 The earthwork remains of Roudham village occupy about
12.0 acres mainly to the north of St Andrew's Church. They
represent field roads, crofts, steadings and two moats.
The earliest datable remains of the church appear to be 14th
century.
At TL 96008734 is a 62.0m by 64.0m moat. Its island has been
excavated by a local farm labourer and there is an exposed flint
and brick wall below ground level. The farm labourer has left the
district. To the north of the moat is a small fish pond.
At TL 95918738 is a 48.0m by 58.0m moat of which the north arm and
part of the eastern arm have been destroyed. Six sherds of Thetford
ware (16th/18th century) were picked up on the island during
perambulation.
The remains are well preserved and suggest a fairly late date for
final desertion. The present 18th century Roudham Hall appears
to have succeeded the original moated site.
Surveyed on 1:2500 MSD.(6)
Description and survey of site. Documentary evidence for village.
Details of St Andrew's Church.(7)
The ruined Church of St Andrew has a plan of a NW tower, continuous nave and chancel, and is all of one build of the C14th. Grade II.(8)
Additional references.(9-11)
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