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The first evidence of settlement was by the Beaker Folk around 2000BC, who came to Eastern England from Central Europe. There name comes from their distinctive bell-shaped beakers.
Rollesby derives its name from the Danish Rolf or Rollo, a common name among sea kings.
Rollesby Broad is 1m south east of the village.
St George’s church is built on high ground at the west end of the village, the base of the tower is Saxon, but the rest was started by the Normans in the 11th century. The rest of the church dates from the 13th and early 14th century, when work was interrupted by the Black Death. The chancel is mainly 15th century and there are ten stained glass windows. There is a tomb chest effigy of Rose Claxton, in Elizabethan costume, who died in 1601, and also a wall monument with 14 kneeling figures to Leonard Mapes, his wife, seven sons and two daughters, who died in 1619.
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