1900 Kelly’s Directory
DEOPHAM is a parish, 3 miles from Kimberley station, 4 north from Attleborough station on the Thetford and Norwich line of the Great Eastern railway, and 4 south-west from Wymondham, comprising the small village of Deopham Green, a mile south-west from the church. The parish is in the Mid division of the county, Forehoe hundred, petty sessional division and union, Wymondham county court district, rural deanery of Hingham, Forehoe division, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich.
The church of St. Andrew is a building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, lofty nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with octagonal turrets and pinnacles, and containing 5 bells: in 1864 the chancel was entirely restored and new roofed, and in 1867 the south aisle was restored at a cost of £230: the nave was thoroughly restored and new roofed and new windows inserted in 1884 at a cost of over £2,000, and the porch has also since been restored: the estimated cost for the restoration of the tower is £750: there are 280 sittings. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £127, with 20 acres of glebe in Shipdham and 6 acres in this parish and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and held since 1895 by the Rev. John Samuel Treglown B. A. of Downing College, Cambridge. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are impropriators of the rectoriaI tithes. There are two Primitive Methodists chapels, one at Deopham Green, erected in 1837, and the other at Low Common.
The Rev. Henry Rix, who died in 1728, left £60 to be invested in land, which produces a rental of £9 yearly, now appropriated for teaching four poor children and for an annual sermon, the minister receiving 10s., the clerk 1s., and each child 8s., the remainder being given in bread to the poor. A sum of about £10 10s. arising from 14 acres of land, awarded at the inclosure in 1814 in lieu of common rights, is distributed among the poor in coal annually.
The Earl of Kimberley, the Crown and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Earl of Kimberley K.G., P.C. the trustees of the late J. B. Graver Browne, esq. the Crown and T. T. Ringer esq. of Summerfield, Docking. The soil is marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The area is 1,661 acres; rateable value, £2,107; the population in 1891 was 365.
Sexton & Verger, William Baker
Post Office.- Walter Charles Phœnix, sub-postmaster. Letters through Wymondham, arrive at 8.40 a.m. & are dispatched at 6 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest telegraph office is at Morley St. Botolph, 2 miles distant & money order office is at Hingham
Pillar Letter Box, Low Common, cleared at 5.30 p.m.; Green, 6.10 p.m. week days
National School (mixed), erected in 1851, for 84 children; average attendance, 67; Mrs. Georgina Penlington, mistress.
Carriers.- from Rockland pass through to Norwich on Wed. & Sat.
- Porter Mrs. The Green
- Rowing Miss, The Green
- Treglown Rev. John Samuel B. A. Vicarage
Commercial:
- Allen Walter Charles, farmer, Old farm
- Allen William, farmer & cattle dealer, Hall farm
- Badwin Frederick, farmer, Hingham road
- Baldwin Samuel, farmer
- Barker Walter Clark, farmer
- Bowman Walter, farmer, High elm
- Bush Frederick, farmer, Stalland
- Bush John, farmer & shopkeeper, The Green
- Clarke Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Mill farm
- Clarke James William, farmer
- Clarke Thomas Leeder, farmer, Stalland
- Clements James Blackwell, carpenter & wheelwright, The Green
- Dack Robert, farmer
- Dix James Henry, farmer
- Gathergood William, beer retailer and farmer, Low common
- Gibson Arthur, Halfmoon P. H.
- Hart John William, farmer, Glass Bottle farm
- Howchin Albert Edward, blacksmith, The Green
- Hurrell Charles, farmer, Church farm
- Jude Charles, farmer & drill owner, Hingham road
- Lake George, woodman
- Lane John, farmer & overseer
- Leverett John, farmer
- Nicholls Alfred, farmer, Low common
- Page William, shopkeeper
- Palmer William, miller (wind)
- Patrick William, farmer, South hill
- Peacock William Liddow, farmer
- Phœnix Samuel, farmer, Low common
- Phœnix Walter C, farmer & Post Office, The Green
- Phœnix-Stone Martha Ann (Miss), farmer
- Pitts Jane (Mrs.), farmer
- Potter Alfred, carpenter, Stalland
- Sewell Arthur, beer retailer, The Green
- Smith George, shoe maker, The Green
- Smith Isaac, tailor, The Green
- Smith Thomas, shoe maker, The Green
- Turner William, draper & grocer
- Watling Arthur, farmer
- Webster James, farmer
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