1877 Directory

Harrod’s Directory

Contents

1. The Village
2. Principal Residents
3. Farmers
4. Navigation

The Village

DEOPHAM is a parish and village in Forehoe hundred and union, diocese of Norwich, archdeaconry of Norfolk, rural deanery of Hingham, and Wymondham county court district, East Norfolk, 2½ miles S.E. of Hingham, 4 N. of Attleborough station, and 4 W. from Wymondham.
The church, St. Andrew, is a fine building, in the perpendicular style, with a square embattled tower, having octagonal turrets and two buttresses at each angle, with ornamental pinnacles on each side, and contains five bells.
The Earl of Kimberley and the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury are lords of the manor. The living is a vicarage, value about £190 per annum. The incumbent is the Rev. Hibbert Wanklyn. There are also about £23, arising from fourteen acres of land, distributed among the poor in coals and bread annually.
The population in 1871 was 480. The parish contains 1,626 acres. of land.
The Primitive Methodists have two small chapels.
Here is a National School.

The nearest money-order, telegraph office, and post town is Hingham.

Principal Residents

• Wanklyn Rev. Hibbert,    vicar. Vicarage
• Chenery George,   “Half Moon Inn” and blacksmith, the Green
• Clarkson Miss,   National schoolmistress
• Clements Jas.,    wheelwright, the Green
• Gathergood William,    beer retailer
• George Jeremiah,    shopkeeper
• Leverett William,   tailor
• Page William,   shopkeeper, Low common
• Phœnix Robert,   shopkeeper, the Green
• Stone George,    drill owner and thatcher
• Watts James,   miller

Farmers

• Brunton John
• Clarke Frederick
• Clarke Thomas,   Stallands
• Clarke William, jun.
• Dixon Robert
• Eason Robert, jun.,   Low Common
• Huggins George,    and cattle dealer
• Jude Charles,   and drill owner, Hingham road
• Liddelow William,   the Green
• Millard George,   Church farm
• Minns Reuben
• Patrick William
• Phœnix Robert,   the Green
• Pitts Philip
• Riches John,   South Hill
• Roberson John,   the Hall
• Rowing Miss M.,   the Green
• Shaw William,   Hingham road
• Shickle James,   High Elm
• Shickle William, sen.,   the Green
• Stone Phœnix Taylor
• Wade Robert
• Walker William,   High Elm
• Ward William,   Low Common
• Watling Henry
• Webster James
• Whitehand Charles
• Whitehand John,   and drill owner, Stallands
• Woods Robert

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Date	Change
6/6/25	TOC
1/9/22	Published