Roydon, War Memorial, Church And Stocks c.1955
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Photo of Roydon, War Memorial, Church And Stocks c.1955

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Roydon was once a market- town. A fair that used to be held every August (to mark St Peter's Day) lapsed during the Great War. The small dark shed on the left is in fact a 19th-century lock-up. Next to it - immediately behind one of the white posts - are the village stocks.

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We used to walk past this war memorial on the way to my Step-Nan's.