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Roydon (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 22 51 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.3800 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 04 49 E degrees minutes |
Long: 1.0670 decimal degrees |
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Note: Near Diss; not to be confused with another village of the same name also in Norfolk. Roydon was the home of Sir Henry Bartle Frere (1815-84) who negotiated the suppression of the Zanzibar slave trade. |
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| Roydon (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Roydon South Norfolk (C,V)
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| Reydon (C,V)
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............ | recorded in 1242 |
| Ragadona (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Rageduna (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Ragheduna (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Regadona (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Regedona (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
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Roydon (inhabited place) (P) |
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Roydon .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Norfolk county) [1136742] |
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