An unknown author made this description of the village at the start of the XNUMXth century: “Roissy is a village in Seine-en-Oise which owes its distance from a railway line to having preserved the withdrawn aspect of a Breton town”. Only the caps differ with this region.
To find out more, a resident of Roissy tells you…
In English:
" VShalot, Houdart, Dorval and Poiret… these French names are those of very old Roissy families having fhave legacies or donations – land, sums of money – to the municipality. It was to perpetuate their memory and pay homage to their gifts that it was decided to give their names to certain streets of the village.
You will find at n°29 the location of the very first Town Hall of the commune.
Rue Chalot, made up of a tangle of very old houses – certainly the oldest in the village – has retained all its authenticity. Here you will find old farmhouses.
Thus, the house with a large green porch located at No. 16, was once the Loin farm. In the many Roisséennes farms, wheat, barley, corn, but also beets and potatoes were grown.
The origins of the Loin farm go back to the year 1600! The place is crossed by the sources of the Soissonnais, which once made it possible to permanently supply the three wells of the farm!
Ah yes, another legend that I hold from the inhabitants of the place: the cellars of this farm would have been directly connected to the old castle of Roissy by an underground! But I'm warning you right now, don't try to find it: it's been walled up! »
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