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1925-6 Kelly’s
DEOPHAM is a parish 2½ miles south from Kimberley station, 4 north from Attleborough station on the Thetford and Norwich line of the London and North 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 Southern division of the county, Forehoe hundred, petty sessional division and union, Wymondham county court district, rural deanery of Hingham, 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, a new roof added and new windows inserted in 1884 at a cost of over £2,000, and the porch and tower have since been restored: there are 280 sittings. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a vicarage, permanently united with the rectory of Hackford, joint yearly net value £420, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and Clare College, Cambridge, alternately, and held since 1895 by the Rev. John Samuel Treglown B. A. of Downing College, Cambridge, and hon. C.F.1 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 £10 yearly, now appropriated for teaching four poor children to read and say the church catechism 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 £19, 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 Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who are lords of the manor, and W. C. Allen esq. are the principal landowners. The soil is marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The area is 1,661 acres; rateable value, £2,589; the population in 1921 was 407 in the civil and 569 in the ecclesiastical parish.
Sexton & Verger, Herbert Goward.
Post Office.- Albert Wrettham Stone, sub-postmaster. Letters through Wymondham. Morley St. Botolph, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office
Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1924, for 104 children; Mrs. A. Hart, mistress
Carriers.- Levi Ibbett, from Great Ellingham, passes through to Norwich, calling at the ‘Half Moon’ on wed. & sat.; Frederick Perfect & Son, to Norwich, wed. & sat
Private Residents
- Bowles Mrs, The Bungalow
- Fendick Misses, The Green,
- Treglown Rev. John Samuel B. A., hon. C.F. (vicar), Vicarage
- Woodrow David, The Green
Commercial
Marked thus º farm 150 acres or over.
- º Allen Walter Charles, farmer, The Hall farm
- º Allen William A., farmer, Crown farm
- Bales Frederick, farmer, Shaws farm
- Brett Robert, farm steward to W. C. Allen esq. Crown cottage
- Burgess Ralph, farmer, Low common
- Clarke Charles, farmer, Park lane
- Clarke Charles P., farmer, Low common
- Clarke James Edward., farmer, The Green
- Cooper James, farmer
- Downes Charles George, farmer, Victoria road
- Fulcher Jonathan, farmer
- Greenwood Walter Ernest, wheelwright, carpenter, painter, undertaker, blacksmith, timber merchant & wood turner
- Hurrell Robert (exors. of), farmers
- Lake George, farmer
- Leverett Charles, farmer, Laurel farm
- Leverett William, farmer, Glassbottle farm
- Lloyd James Edward, builder, The Green
- Long Albert, farmer [probably Arthur]
- Munford George J., beer retailer
- º Peacock William Liddelow, farmer, High Elm & Pettengills farms, The Green
- Perfect Frederick & Son, carriers
- Phœnix Arthur, thatcher
- Phœnix Walter Charles, farmer, Stalland
- º Pitts Philip John Bayes, farmer, Park lane
- Prewer William, farmer, Stalland road
- Reynolds Thomas, farmer, South hill
- Ringer Donald Arthur, farmer
- Rudrum Henry Arthur, beer retailer, The Green
- Sizeland Samuel, farmer
- Smith Eldon, shoe maker, The Green
- Stone Albert Wrettham, grocer, draper, tobacconist, outfitter & boot & shoe dealer, Post office, The Green
- Stone Samuel P., farmer, Low common
- Sturman George F., Half Moon P. H.
- Sutton William C., shopkeeper, The Green
- Turner Louis P., farmer, Mill farm
- Turner William, farmer, The Green farm
- Woolnough George William, market gardener
- Wright George, farmer
Footnotes
- Hon C.F. Honorary Chaplain to the Forces ↩︎
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| Date | Change |
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| 2/4/25 | Title page |
| 15/4/24 | Note on Hon C.F. + links |
| 3/9/22 | Published (Using transcription from Phil Long’s previous website) |
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