1869 Directory

1869 Kelly’s                         

DEOPHAM is a parish, 3 miles south-east from Hingham, 3 north from Attleborough station, 114 from London, and 5 west from Wymondham, comprising the small village of DEOPHAM GREEN, situated a mile south-west from the church. The parish is in the South-Eastern division of the county, Forehoe hundred and union, Wymondham county court district, rural deanery of Hingham, archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich.
The church of St. Andrew is in the Perpendicular style, with a handsome square embattled tower, having octagonal turrets, and two strong buttresses at each angle, with ornamental pinnacles on each side, and contains 5 bells: the interior is spacious, has a lofty nave, aisles and chancel:  it was repaired in 1851, and the stonework and pillars scraped:  in 1864 the chancel was entirely restored and new roofed, and furnished with a new window and altar rails, and the floor paved with Minton’s tiles¹. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £190. with handsome residence, and 23 acres of glebe land in Shipdham and 6 acres in this parish, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and held by the Rev. Hibbert Wanklyn, of University College, Durham.
A National school that will accommodate 70 children is supported by subscriptions.
The Primitive Methodists have two small chapels.
The Rev. Henry Rix, who died in 1728, left £60, to be invested in land, which produces a rental of £14 per annual, the proceeds to be appropriated in teaching four poor children, and for an annual sermon, the minister to receive 10s., clerk 1s., and 8s. for each child, the remainder to be given in bread to the poor parishioners. There is also about £20 arising from 14 acres of land, awarded at the Enclosure in 1814 in lieu of common rights, distributed among the poor in coals annually.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are impropriators of the rectorial tithes. The Earl of Kimberley is lord of the manor.
The soil is marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The population in 1861 was 483; the area is 1,646 acres.

Parish Clerk,   Charles Hurrell.

POST OFFICE.-   William Whitehand, receiver. Letters through Wymondham, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & dispatched at 5.55 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Hingham.

Assistant Overseer,   William Whitehand

National School, Miss Hagar Hubbard, mistress

• Wanklyn Rev. Hibbert   [vicar],   Vicarage
• Brunton John,   farmer
• Clarke Thomas,   farmer, Stallands
• Clarke William, jun.,   farmer
• Clements Jas.,   wheelwright, The Green
• Eason Robt. jun.,   farmer, Low common
• George Jeremiah,   shopkeeper
• Goddard George,   miller
• Huggins George,    farmer & cattle dealer
• Jude Charles,   farmer & drill owner, Hingham road
• Liddelow William,    farmer, The Green
• Mason Robert,   tailor
• Miles Sarah (Mrs.),   farmer, High elm
• Millard George,   farmer, Church farm
• Minns Reuben,   farmer
• Patrick William,   farmer
• Phœnix John,   farmer, Hingham road
• Phœnix Robert,   farmer & shopkeeper, The Green
• Pitts Philip,   farmer
• Riches John,   farmer, South hill
• Roberson John,   farmer, Low common
• Rowing Mary (Mrs.),   farmer, The Green
• Shickle James,   farmer, High elm
• Shickle William,   farmer, The Green
• Shickle William, jun.,   farmer, The Green
•  Stone George,   beer retailer & drilling machine owner
• Wade Robert,   farmer
• Ward Maria (Mrs),   beer retailer & farmer, Low common
• Watling Henry,   farmer, assistant overseeer & collect. of rates for Wicklewood
• Webster James,   farmer
• Whitehand John,   farmer & drill owner, Stallands
• Whitehand William,   shopkeeper, & post office
• Wingfield John,    Halfmoon, & blacksmith, The Green

Footnotes

1. According to the architect’s report of July 29^th 1863, the Minton tiles had already been installed by that date. The 1864 work included the laying of quarry tiles in the chancel. ↩︎