ROUGHTON, a parish, with a village, in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 3½ miles S of Cromer, and 6½ N W of North Walsham r. station. It has a post-office under Norwich. Acres, 1, 740. Real property, £1, 775. Pop., 412. Houses, 97. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Suffield. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £340.* Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is of the 14th century, and has a round tower. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed school with £60 a year, and charities £13.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))