{"id":4121,"date":"2020-03-31T13:54:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4121"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:37:42","slug":"rollesby-road","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4121","title":{"rendered":"Rollesby Road, Martham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Rollesby Road<\/strong>, <strong>Martham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rollesby-Road-aerial-May-2015-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4459\" style=\"width:810px;height:540px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rollesby-Road-aerial-May-2015-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rollesby-Road-aerial-May-2015-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rollesby-Road-aerial-May-2015-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rollesby-Road-aerial-May-2015-1200x801.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rollesby-Road-aerial-May-2015.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This ancient road has always been the main route into the village from the south and was referred to in the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=6318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">1812 Inclosure Award<\/a><\/em> as being one of the five King&#8217;s Highways entering <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Martham Green<\/a><\/em> (the others being what we now know as <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4111\">Repps Road<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4074\">Black Street<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=5792\">White Street<\/a><\/em> and<em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4260\"> Hemsby Road<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For a short while it was called Station Road after the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">railway <\/a><\/em>was built. The photo below has that label. This shot is looking south from the village centre.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Station-Road-Rollesby-Road-looking-south-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21459\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Station-Road-Rollesby-Road-looking-south-1024x652.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Station-Road-Rollesby-Road-looking-south-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Station-Road-Rollesby-Road-looking-south-768x489.jpg 768w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Station-Road-Rollesby-Road-looking-south-1536x978.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Station-Road-Rollesby-Road-looking-south-2048x1303.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Station-Road-Rollesby-Road-looking-south-1200x764.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Taken after 1878 looking south. The railings are in front of the Methodist Chapel.  Repps Road is off to the right. Photo courtesy of David Stretton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There are two large &#8216;gentleman&#8217;s residences&#8217; in Rollesby Road of some historical merit. You can read about them by clicking on the house names <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=18882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Firs<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=22182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Westgrove.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rollspics\">Photographs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For photographs of Rollesby Road click a thumbnail for a close-up and scroll through all the images from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div  id=\"jtg-33392\" class=\"modula modula-gallery modula-columns\" data-config=\"{&quot;tabletHeight&quot;:800,&quot;mobileHeight&quot;:800,&quot;desktopHeight&quot;:800,&quot;enableTwitter&quot;:false,&quot;enableWhatsapp&quot;:false,&quot;enableFacebook&quot;:false,&quot;enablePinterest&quot;:false,&quot;enableLinkedin&quot;:false,&quot;enableEmail&quot;:false,&quot;randomFactor&quot;:0.5,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:12,&quot;gutter&quot;:10,&quot;mobileGutter&quot;:10,&quot;tabletGutter&quot;:10,&quot;desktopGutter&quot;:10,&quot;enableResponsive&quot;:true,&quot;tabletColumns&quot;:2,&quot;mobileColumns&quot;:1,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:0,&quot;lightboxOpts&quot;:{&quot;animated&quot;:true,&quot;Thumbs&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;showOnStart&quot;:false},&quot;Toolbar&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:{&quot;right&quot;:[&quot;close&quot;]},&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;Carousel&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;touch&quot;:true},&quot;infinite&quot;:false},&quot;keyboard&quot;:{&quot;Escape&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Delete&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Backspace&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;PageUp&quot;:false,&quot;PageDown&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowUp&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowDown&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowRight&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowLeft&quot;:false},&quot;touch&quot;:false,&quot;backdropClick&quot;:false,&quot;l10n&quot;:{&quot;CLOSE&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;,&quot;NEXT&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;PREV&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;Error&quot;:&quot;The requested content cannot be loaded. 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