1883 Kelly’s Directory, supplemented with information from White’s 1883 Directory
The supplementary information from White’s Directory is shown in purple.
DEOPHAM is a parish, 2½miles from Kimberley station, 3 north from Attleborough station, and 4 south-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, having chancel, lofty nave and aisles, 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: 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: in consequence of the dilapidated condition of the roof and nave, north aisle, the windows of the latter and the flooring of the church, service is now held in the chancel only, which is boarded off from the rest of the building: restorations (commenced July 1882) are in progress and will be continued so long as the funds in the hands of the vicar (who is raising subscriptions) will permit: the tower is also in a very unsatisfactory state: it is estimated the total cost of restoring the edifice will be about £3,200, including £500 for the tower. 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 £12 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 £12, arising from 14 acres of land, awarded at the enclosure in 1814 in lieu of common rights, is distributed among the poor annually.
The Primitive Methodists have two small chapels, one at Deopham Green, the other at Low Common.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are impropriators of the rectoriaI tithes. The Earl of Kimberley, the Sutton family and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Earl of Kimberley, the trustees of the late J. B. Graver Browne, esq. and the Crown.
The soil is marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The area is 1,646 acres; rateable value, £3,147; the population in 1881 was 424.
Parish Clerk, Charles Hurrell.
POST OFFICE.- Robert Phœnix, receiver. Letters through Wymondham, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & are dispatched at 5.50 p.m. The nearest money order and telegraph offices are at Attleborough and Hingham
PILLAR LETTER BOX (Low Common), cleared at 5.30 p.m week days
CARRIERS.- Thomas Rayner, passes through from Ellingham to Norwich Wed. and Sat. John Dye, to Rockland and Norwich Wed. and Sat
A National school to hold 84 children is supported by subscriptions; Miss Georgina Clarkson, mistress
- Wanklyn Rev. Hibbert [vicar], Vicarage
Commercial
- Allen William, farmer & cattle dealer, Hall farm
- Baldwin Frederick, farmer
- Bateson John, Halfmoon & blacksmith, The Green
- Brunton John, farmer
- Clarke Alfred, farmer
- Clarke James William, farmer & owner
- Clarke Thomas, farmer, High Elm
- Clements James, carpenter & wheelwright, The Green
- Dixon James, farmer, Low Common
- Eason Robert, farmer, Red Barn
- Fielding Henry, farmer & shopkeeper
- Gathergood William, beer retailer & farmer, Low Common
- George Jeremiah, shopkeeper & beer retailer.
- Hurrell Charles, farmer & parish clerk, Hingham road
- Jude Charles, farmer & drill owner, Hingham road
- Lincoln James, farmer
- Lord Robert, bricklayer (Loyd)
- Minns Reuben, farmer
- Moore William, thatcher
- Page William, shopkeeper
- Patrick William, shopkeeper, farmer & drill owner
- Penlington Thomas, assistant overseer, collector of taxes & highway surveyor, The Green
- Phœnix Robert, farmer & postmaster, The Green
- Phœnix-Stone Mrs. Mary A., assistant school mistress
- Pitts Philip, farmer & owner
- Riches John, farmer, South hill
- Ringer Urban, farmer
- Rowing Archibald, farmer and Wicklewood
- Rowing Mary Ann (Mrs), farmer, The Green
- Semmence John, farmer & shoemaker
- Shaw Henry, farmer & landowner & agent for London, Liverpool and Globe Insurance Co, Hingham road
- Shickle Sarah (Mrs), farmer
- Smith John, shoemaker
- Stone George, thatcher
- Sutton Thomas William, farmer, Church farm
- Turner William, draper & grocer
- Watling Henry, farmer
- Watts James, miller (wind) & merchant; Hackford
- Webster James, farmer
- Whitehand John, farmer, Stalland
- Woods Robert, farmer
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 | Note on 1864 restoration |
| 26/1/23 | Added links |
| 2/9/22 | Published (copied from Phil Long’s previous website) |
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