ROUGHTON, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 3miles (S.) from Cromer, containing 337 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 6, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.