High Elm Farm East

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1815 Survey of Deopham

At the time of the 1815 Survey, the occupants of the cottage now known as Keeper’s Cottage (William Duffield & the Widow Miller) were not farming any other land; however, the cottage was owned by John Dobbs who owned and farmed land on both sides of Pye Land around the cottage.

1843 Tithe Apportionment

The 1843 tithe apportionment lists all the pieces that appear in the 1880 auction particulars; they are shown as owned by William Durrant and occupied by James Shickle senior. The farmhouse (piece 214) is the cottage now known as Keeper’s Cottage (see plan below).

1880 Auction

Sale Particulars

In 1880 there was an auction of property belonging to Miss Charlotte Augusta Durrant (note that the farm was owned by William Durrant in 1843); this included both land in Deopham and land in Garvestone.

1880 Auction – table of land included

Lot	Number	Description	Quantity A-R-P
1	210	The Four Acres	4-2-15
1	211	Great Squires	3-2-26
1	212	Little Squires	2-1-20
1	213	Homestall	1-3-9
1	214	Farm House, Yard, Garden	0-2-5
1	456	Second Lower Sawpit Pightle	2-1-20
1	457	Second Upper Sawpit Pightle	2-1-27
1	458	First Upper Sawpit Pightle	2-2-12
1	459	First Lower Sawpit Pightle	2-2-12
		Total Lot 1	22-3-26
2	415	Bounded by Public Roads west & north; land belonging to James Shickle, east; Lot 3 south.	2-0-1
3	418	Bounded by Lot 2 & land belonging to James Shickle, north; land now or lately belonging to the Rev. Turner, east; land belonging to Mrs. Ann Vince, south; Public road, west.	5-0-24

1880 Auction – locations from auction particulars

1880 Auction – locations on tithe map

Lot 1 is made up of the eight pieces as boxed in green on the following extract from the 1843 tithe map:

Lot 2 (piece no 415) & Lot 3 (piece no 418) can be seen in better context in this extract from the 1843 tithe map where they are boxed in green:

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Date	Change
5/3/25	Revised
20/9/23	Published