Also spelt
Bylam Lane, Boylam Lane
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Location
1813 Map of the estate belonging to Lord Wodehouse
The following extract shows the lane marked with an identifier of “40”. The accompanying index describes “40” as “Part of Baylam Lane”. (The whole of this map is available here.)
With thanks to Michael Allen for allowing sight of this map.
1814 Inclosures Map
All rights reserved by Norfolk Record Office who hold the original; their ref is NRO C/Sca 2/86
1815 Survey
In the 1815 survey of Deopham there was still a stump of the Lane. On the map it is identified as “378” which in the text is described as Boylam Lane. It was recorded as being owned by Lord Wodehouse and occupied by Garrett Oddin Taylor.
1843 Tithe Map
By 1843 the stump of the old Baylam Lane was labelled “Driftway in the accompanying analysis. Lord Wodehouse is again shown as the owner.
All rights reserved by Norfolk Record Office who hold the original; their ref is NRO DN/TA 743
1884 O.S. Map
By the time that the survey for this map was carried out, the fields along the old Baylam Lane had all been amalgamated into one single open area. The stump that continued to be necessary in 1843 was no longer necessary. Nevertheless, the line of the stump continued to be visible.
Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
References to Baylam Lane
The lane is often used as a landmark by which to identify plots of land. The following is a selection of a few examples of references to Baylam Lane.
| Context | Year | Links and examples |
|---|---|---|
| 3 roods in Deopham between land of Martin Sedley, esquire, East & North, Bylam Lane, West, Henry Hynde, South. | 1630 | Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells October 1630 |
| 3 acres & 3 roods of land Bileham Lane, East; | 1690 | Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury 1690 |
| Morley Pightle between land of Robert Ockley, William Sedley, South; Baylam Lane, West. | 1715 | Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury December 1715 |
| 3 roods in Deopham between land late of Martin Sedley, Esquire, East, Bylam Lane, West, Martin Sedley North, Henry Hind, South | 1775 |  Court of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells June 1775 |
Stopping up of Baylam Lane
The following announcement was placed by the Inclosure Commissioners in the Norfolk Chronicle published on February 27th 1813 (see here for a copy of the original):
DEOPHAM INCLOSURE
Baylam Lane to be stopped up.
WE, the undersigned JOHN DUGMORE, WILLIAM UNTHANK, and JOHN MITCHELL, the Commissioners appointed to carry into execution the Act of Parliament entitled “An Act for Inclosing Lands in the parish of Deopham, in the county of Norfolk,” do hereby give notice that the road called Baylam Lane, which was set out and appointed by us, and published and described on our Map as the fifth public road, was at the Meeting appointed for the hearing of objections to the Public Roads in Deopham aforesaid, stopped up and directed to be discontinued, and that in consequence of such stopping up and discontinuance, the said road, called Baylam Lane, hath been allotted in severalty to certain Proprietors of Estates, in Deopham aforesaid, who are hereby authorised to take possession of the specific parts thereof, which are so allotted to them respectively on the eleventh day of October next.
Dated this 20th day of February, 18151.
J. DUGMORE
WM. UNTHANK
JOHN MITCHELL
Commissioners.
GILMAN, Solicitor.
Footnotes
- The announcement appears to read 1815 (see here) but this must be a misprint since the edition in which it appears is definitely dated February 27th 1813. ↩︎
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