ROWDHAM, (Norfolk) N. E. of Thetford, in the road to Norwich, wherein once stood a rood, or cross; the remaining stones of
which Mr. Wright, Ld. of this manor, removed not long ago to Herling. There was once a priory here, to which the manor
bel. but after the Diss. the K. granted it to Tho. Woodhouse, who sold it to Francis Lovel, and his heirs; after which it
came by sale to the Wrights. Its Ch. happened to be burnt down lately, by some sparks of tobacco that fell from a lighted
pipe upon its thatched roof. In the p. are about 120 inh. and it is rated to the land-tax, at 280 l. 10 s.