1875 Kelly’s Directory
DEOPHAM is a parish, 2½miles from Kimberley station, 3 north from Attleborough, 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 Southern 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: it has chancel, lofty nave and aisles: it was repaired in 1851: in 1864 the chancel was entirely restored and new roofed, and furnished with a new window and communion rails, and the floor, paved with Minton’s tiles1, and in 1867 the south aisle was restored at a cost of £240. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a vicarage, tithes commuted at £190, with £35 per annum added by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, with 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.
The Rev. Henry Rix, who died in 1728, left £60, to be invested in land (which produces a rental of £14 yearly), 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 about £20, arising from 14 acres of land, awarded at the Enclosure in 1814 in lieu of’ common rights, is distributed among the poor annually.
A National school that will accommodate 84 children is supported by subscriptions.
The Primitive Methodists have two small chapels. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are impropriators of the rectoriaI tithes. The Earl of Kimberley is lay impropriator, and the Sutton family are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Earl of Kimberley and J. B. Graver Browne, esq.
The soil is marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The area is 1,646 acres; rateable value, £3,240; the population in 1871 was 462.
Parish Clerk, Charles Hurrell.
POST OFFICE.- Robert Phœnix, receiver. Letters through Wymondham, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & are dispatched at 5.55 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Hingham.
INSURANCE AGENT. – Liverpool & London & Globe, H. Shaw, Hingham road.
National School, Georgina Clarkson, mistress
- Wanklyn Rev. Hibbert [vicar], Vicarage
Commercial
- Brunton John, farmer
- Clarke Thomas, farmer, Stallands
- Clarke William, jun., farmer
- Clements James, wheelwright, The Green
- Eason Robt. Jun., farmer, Low common
- Gathergood William, beer retailer
- George Jerimiah, shopkeeper
- Goddard George, miller
- Groom Timothy, Halfmoon, & blacksmith, The Green
- Huggins George, farmer, cattle dealer & landowner
- Hurrell Charles, farmer, Hingham road
- Jude Charles, farmer & drill owner, Hingham road
- Knott Wm., threshing machine owner
- Leverett Elizabeth (Mrs), farmer
- Leverett William, farmer & shopkeeper
- Liddelow William, farmer, The Green
- Mason Robert, tailor
- Millard George, farmer, Church farm
- Minns Reuben, farmer
- Patrick William, farmer
- Patrick William, farmer, The Green
- Phœnix Robert, farmer, shopkeeper & postmaster, The Green
- George, farmer, cattle dealer
- Pitts Philip, farmer
- Riches John, farmer, South bill
- Robertson John, farmer, Hall farm, Low common
- Rowing Mary (Mrs.), farmer, The Green
- Shaw Henry, farmer & landowner, Hingham road
- Shickle James, farmer
- Stone George, beer retailer & drilling machine owner
- Wade Robert, farmer
- Walker John, farmer
- Watling Henry, farmer & collector of rates for Wicklewood
- Webster James, farmer
- Whitehand John, farmer & drill owner, Stallands
- Woods Robert, farmer
Thanks to Phil Long for transcribing the above details from Kelly’s Norfolk Directory. The exact same text appears in the Post Office Directory for that year (kindly loaned by Michael Allen). The following advertisements appeared in the Post Office Directory. Whilst not specifically Deopham, it is interesting that the Frederick Savage traction engine was being advertised at the same time as the Nathan Loveday horse-drawn plough. Click on these images to see them in greater detail.
Footnotes
- According to the architect’s report of July 29th 1863, the Minton tiles had already been installed by that date. The 1864 work included the laying of quarry tiles in the chancel. ↩︎
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 19/12/23 | Comment on 1864 |
| 28/11/22 | Added links |
| 1/9/22 | Published (copied from Phil Long’s previous website) |
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