ROYDON, a parish in the hundred of Diss, county of NORFOLK, 1 mile (W.) from Diss, containing 601 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at &Q, and in the patronage of the Rt. Hon. J. H. Frere. The church is dedicated to St. Remigius.