1933 Directory

1933  Kelly’s Directory                         

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 rural district, 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 also 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 £500, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and Clare College, Cambridge, alternately, and held since 1930 by the Rev. William Clarke M. A. of Clare 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 about £8 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 £13, 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;  the population in 1921 was 407 in the civil and 569 in the ecclesiastical parish.

Post Office.-  Letters through Wymondham. Morley St. Botolph is the nearest M. O. & T. office

Carriers.-  Hammond, of Caston, passes through to Norwich on wed. & sat.;   Riches, of Hockham, passes through to Norwich on sat

Private Residents

• Clarke Rev. William  M. A. (vicar),  Vicarage
• Coldham Herbert Bernard  J. P
• Fendick Miss, The Green,
• Turner Mrs., 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
• Ayers Reginald George,   grocer
• Bailes Fred J.   farmer
• Clarke Charles,   farmer, Park lane
• Clarke Charles Percy,   farmer, Low common
• Coates John Walter
• Cooper James,   farmer
• Corley Harry,   farmer, Glassbottle farm
• Digman Edwin,   beer retailer
• Downes Charles George,   farmer, Victoria road
• Dunger Charles John Anderson,   farmer, The Green
• Fulcher Johnathan,   farmer
• Hurrell Robert (exors. of),   farmers, Church farm
• Kerridge Allen Edward,    farmer, Mill farm
• Lake George,   farmer
• Leverett Charles,   farmer, Laurel farm
• Lloyd James Edward,   builder, The Green
• Long Arthur,   farmer   
• Long Arthur Samuel,    farmer, Shaws farm
• Palmer John William,   poultry farmer, breeder of White Aylesburys, Ivy farm
• º Peacock William Liddelow,   farmer, High Elm & Pettengills farms, The Green
• Phœnix Arthur,   thatcher
• Phœnix Walter Charles,   farmer, Stalland
• Reynolds Walter William,    under gamekeeper to John Cyril Crossley esq.  The Green
• Reynolds Thomas,   farmer, South hill
• Rudrum Henry Arthur,   beer retailer, The Green
• Sizeland Samuel,   farmer, Hills farm
• Stone Albert Wrettham,   grocer, Post office, The Green
• Stone Samuel P.,   farmer, Low common
• Sturman George F.,   Half Moon P. H.
• Sturman James,   farmer, The Green farm
• Symonds William Ernest,   butcher (tues. & thurs.)
• Thorpe George William,   market gardener
• Turner Julia (Mrs.),   farmer, The Green
• Woods Frank,   farmer, Park farm
• Woolnough George William,   market gardener
• Wright George,   farmer