ROUGHAM, a parish in the hundred of LAUNDITCH, county of NORFOLK, 7 miles (N. by E.) from Swaffham, containing 330 inhabitants. The .living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £1. 8. 6., endowed with £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the-Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary; attached to the south side is a library, built by Mr. North, and containing several volumes presented by that individual and others.