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1937 Kelly’s Directory
Description of the Parish
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 and petty sessional division, Forehoe and Henstead 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: the nave was restored, a new roof added and new windows inserted in 1884, 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, 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 is a Methodist chapel at Deopham Green, erected in 1837.
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 are the principal landowners. The soil is marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The area is 2,419 acres; the population in 1931 was 546.
By the County of Norfolk Review Order, 1935, the civil parish of Hackford was added to this parish.
Post & Tel. Call 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 Barnard J. P
Commercial
Marked thus º farm 150 acres or over.
- º Allen Walter Charles, farmer, The Hall farm. Hingham 65
- º Allen William A., farmer, Crown farm
- Bales Fred J. farmer
- Blacksmiths’ Arms P. H. (Harry Walter Rudrum), The Green
- Clarke Hannah Maria (Mrs.), farmer, Park lane
- Clarke Charles Percy, farmer, Low common
- Coates John Walter
- Cooper James, farmer
- Downes Horace, farmer, Green farm
- Fulcher Johnathan, farmer
- Hurrell Frank Thomas M. farmer, Church farm
- Half Moon P. H. (George F. Sturman)
- Jones George, farmer, Mill farm
- Leverett Charles, farmer, Laurel farm
- Long Arthur, farmer
- Long Arthur Samuel, farmer, Shaws farm
- Mills George James, grocer & post office. Hingham 63
- Palmer John William, poultry farmer, Ivy farm
- º Peacock William Liddelow, farmer, High Elm & Pettengills farms, The Green
- Phœnix Arthur, thatcher
- Phœnix Walter Brunning, farmer, Stalland
- Reynolds Thomas, farmer, South Hill
- Saunders William, grocer
- Sizeland Eric Samuel, farmer, Hills farm
- Stone Samuel P., farmer, Low common
- Thorpe George William, market gardener
- Victoria Tavern (Edwin W. Digman)
- Willis Andrew, farmer, Glassbottle farm
- Woods Frank, farmer, Park farm
- Wright George, farmer
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