DEOPHAM (St. Andrew), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Forehoe, E. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Wymondham; containing 2521 inhabitants. It comprises 1668 acres: the common was inclosed in 1812. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £5. 7.11.; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury; net income, £204. The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower; in the chancel is a piscina of elegant design. There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.
A Topographical Dictionary of England, published by S Lewis, London, 1848.
Notes
- This figure of 252 inhabitants is surprising; White’s 1845 Directory records a population of 525 and the 1851 census a population of 494. It would seem most likely that this figure is the number of men given that the 1851 census reported 256 “Persons Male”.
Published: 31/12/22
Last revision: 6/1/23
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