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Rh ROUGEAIONT. 357 ROUNDDOWN. Norfolk, 6 miles N.E. of Thetford, its post town, and 2 W. of the Harling Road railway station. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on the line of the Great Eastern railway, and is wholly agricultural. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Norwich. The church is ii ruins, having some period hack been destroyed by fire The inhabitants frequent the church of Bridgham. Sir J. G. 8. Sebright, Bart., is lord of the manor. ROUGEMONT, the palace of the West Saxon kings at Exeter, co. Devon. It has remains of the old walls and towers of the ancient castle, and is the place where the sessions court is now held at Exeter. ROUGHA-BRIDGE, in the par. of Crosthwaite, co. Cumberland, 2 miles S.E. of Keswick, and 23 6.W. of Carlisle. It is situated at the bottom of Derwent- water, and has a view over the vale of the Greta, with Skiddaw, Saddleback, and Helvellyn in the distance. ROUGHAM, a par. in the hund. of Thedwestry, co. Suffolk, 4 miles S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, and 1 J mile 8. of Thurston railway station on the Bury and Ipswich branch of the Great Eastern railway. The village, which is large but irregularly built, is chiefly agricultural. Roiigham was given by Ulfketel, the Saxon, to the ibbots of Bury St. Edmund's, and by Henry VII. to the Drurys. The soil is of a loamy and sandy nature, upon a subsoil of gravel and clay. Tho Suffolk hounds meet in this parish. The tithes were commuted for corn-rents under an Enclosure Act in 1813. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 766. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a tower con- taining five bells. The interior of the church contains a brass of Sir R. Drury, bearing date 1405, also other tombs. The register dates from the middle of the 16th century. The parochial charities produce about 150 per annum, 47 of which goes to Edward Sparke's school, founded in 1720. The Baptists have a place of worship. Rougham Hall, the principal residence, has two lofty towers at the E. and W. wings. It is situated in a park celebrated for its oaks. ROUGHAM, a par. and post town in the hund. of Launditch, co. Norfolk, 14 miles E. of Lynn, and 8 N. of Swaffham railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The land is chiefly arable, with a small proportion of meadow, woodland, and sheepwulks. The vicarial tithes have been com- muted for a rent-charge of 225, and the glebe com- prises 2 acres. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 204. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains three brasses of the Yelvertons, bearing date from 1481. The register dates from 1783. There is an infant school, also places of worship for the Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. ROUGHAN, a lough in the co. of Tyrone, Ireland, 2 miles S.W. of Stewardstown. On its bank is Rouehan Castle. ROUGHBIRCHWORTH, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Oxspring, and par. of Penistone, West Riding co. York, '2 miles E. of Penistone. . ROUGH COMMON, a hmlt. in the par. of Harble- own, hund. of Westgate, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, near Canterbury. ROUGHDOWN, an ext. par. plaee in the hund. of Jibden, co. Hants, 6 miles S. of Southampton. ROUGHFORT, a vil. in the par. of Templepatrick, ir. of Lower Belfast, co. Antrim, prov. of Ulster, Ire- land. Fairs are held on 31st May and 29th November. HJGH- LEE -BOOTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Whalley, higher div. of Blackburn hund., co. Lancaster, (J miles W. of.Colne railway station, and 6 N.W. of Burnley. It is situated at the E. end of the forest of idle. The land is principally in pasture. The soil clay, with a subsoil of rock. There is a cotton-mill the neighbourhood. There is a school for both sexes, J and supported by the Messrs. Roberts. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. The Duke of "iich is lord of the manor. ROUGHMORE, a hmlt. in the par. of Old Cleeve, co. Somerset, 2 miles S.W. of Watchet. ROUGH PARK, a hmlt. in the par. of Hamstall Ridware, co. Stafford, 7 miles N. of Lichfield. ROUGHTON, a par. in the soke of Horncastle, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 4 miles S.W. of Horncastle, its post town, and 4J E. of Kirkstead railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the Horncastle and Witham canal and the river Bain. It is chiefly agricultural. For ecclesiastical purposes this parish was united with that of Haltham-upon-Bain in 1741. The living is a discharged rect.* with that of Haltham-upon-Bain united, in tho dioc. of Lincoln, joint val. 401. The old church was dedicated to St. Margaret. ROUGHTON, a par. in the hund. of North Erping- h.'iiii, co. Norfolk, 3J miles S. of Cromer, and 6J from Aylsham. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. A considerable portion of the land is in open heath, from which the inhabitants cut turf and furze. The surface is undulating, and the cultivated land chiefly arable. The great tithes have been com- muted for a rent-charge of 197, the vicarial for 96, and the glebe comprises 20 acres. The liring is a vie. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 100, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a cir- cular embattled tower containing three bells. It has recently been restored and beautified by tho insertion of an E. window. The parochial charities produce about 58 per annum, of which 45 goes to Brown's free school. The Primitive Methodists have a place of wor- ship. Lord Suffield is lord of the manor. ROUGHTY, a stream of the co. of Kerry, Ireland, rises in the bar. of Glanarought, and joins the river Kenmare at Kenmare. ROUGHWRAY, a tnshp. in the par. and hund. of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, co. Kent, 5 miles S.E. of Wrotham. ROULSTON, or ROWSTON, a par. in the wap. of Flaxwell, parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, 7J miles N.E. of Sleaford, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 194. The church, dedicated to St. Clement, has a square spired tower. The register dates from 1562. The charities share with Ruskington. There is a National school, erected in 1852. ROULSTON. Set ROWLSTONE, cos. Hereford and York. ROUNGTON, EAST, a chplry. in the par. of Rudby- in-Cleveland, W. div. of Langbaurgh lib., North Riding co. York, 2 miles N.E. of Welbury railway station, and 7 N. of Northallerton, its post town. It is situated on the river Wisk. The surface is undulating, and the land nearly equally divided between arable and pasture, with some plantations. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Rudby-in-Cleveland, in the dioc. of York. The church is built on an eminence, and was repaired in 1820. The Grange is the principal residence. ROUNCTON, WEST, a par. in the wap. of Allerton- shire, North Riding co. York, 8 miles N.W. of North- allerton, its post town, 7 S.W. of Yarm, and 1J mile N.E. of Welbury railway station. Th village, which is small, and chiefly agricultural, is situated on an emi- nence. The lower grounds are watered by the river Wisk. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 272, and tho glebe comprises 78 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of York, val. 344, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. James, is an ancient stone edifice, with some Nor- man details, and contains two bells. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans ; also a village school. ROUNDAWAY, an eminence in the co. of Wilts, 2 miles N. of Devizes. It is supposed to have been the site of the Roman station Verlucio, on the road to Bath, and has on the summit a largo entrenched camp. It was here that Lord Wilmot routed Waller's army during ROUNDDOWN, a cliff on the coast of Kent, near Dover. It was about 380 feet high before it was blasted n 1843, to make wuy for the London and South-coast
 * he civil war of Charles I.'s reign.