Mill Farm

Contents

1. 1814 Inclosures
2. 1857 Sale
3. Hannah Clarke
4. 1941 Farm Survey

1814 Inclosures

The 1814 Inclosures map for Deopham recorded Mill Farm as being in the ownership of John Browne, Esquire, and prior to that of Sparkhall. It was shown as being copyhold of the Manor of Shadwells otherwise Cockerells in Morley.

All rights reserved by Norfolk Record Office who hold the original; their ref is NRO C/Sca 2/86

The description of piece no 106 in the accompanying text reads as follows:

One other piece of Land marked on the map hereto annexed No 106 containing eight acres one rood and twenty four perches with a Messuage and other Buildings standing thereon, bounded by the Attleburgh Road in part north, by land allotted to George Hubbard purchased of us in part East and in further part North by the said Land and other Land allotted to the said George Hubbard in part West, by the next described allotment on the remaining part of the North, by Land allotted to the said John Browne on the remaining part of the East, wholly South and on the remaining part of the west.

1857 Sale

Courtesy Wymondham Town Archive, their ref BF61

Piece no on Tithe Map	Description	Culture	Content a-r-p
400	Front Pasture	Pasture	3-2-30
410	Farm House, Yards etc	–	0-3-35
402	Yard Meadow	Pasture	0-3-24
403	Back Pasture	“	4-2-10
404 & 405	Drift Four Acres	Arable	5-2-6
406	The Two Acres	“	2-1-13
407	Furze Meadow	Pasture	1-2-22
408	Gravel Pit Close	Arable	8-0-10
409	Stackyard	Pasture	0-3-12
421	West Five Acres	Arable	5-0-29
422	Middle Allotment	“	5-1-2
423	East Allotment	“	5-0-27
423a	Drift	Pasture	0-3-10
426	Spratts’	Arable	10-0-34
427	The Six Acres	“	6-0-15
428	Coleman’s	“	5-1-27
491	The Moat	Pasture	0-1-3
492	Green Piece	Arable	0-3-22
495	Mill Piece	“	2-2-23
496	Dove House Meadow	“	3-0-7
497	The Moat	“	0-1-20
498	Hurry’s	Arable	4-3-14
499	Plantation	Wood	0-0-26
–	Total	–	78-3-11

Many of the plots listed in the sales particulars above can be identified on the extract from the tithe map below:

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Hannah Clarke

Hannah Clarke was referenced in the 1881 Census as the wife of Alfred Clarke, a “farmer of 94 acres employing 3 men and 1 boy”. The 94 acres mentioned corresponds to the 93 acres 3 roods shown on the above 1857 sales particulars.
The 1888 Directory listed Hannah Clarke as a farmer in her own right; likewise the 1892 Directory listed her again as a farmer, but stated that the location was Mill Farm. The same entry appeared in the 1900 Directory. In the 1911 census she was described as being a “retired farmer’s wife” and was living on her own on The Green in Deopham at the age of 70.

With thanks to Jenny Porter for sight of this card.

1941 Farm Survey

Details of the 1941 Farm Survey for Mill Farm are available here.

Date	Change
27/8/25	Tabulated 1857 list of premises
21/7/25	Hannah Clarke
6/10/23	Early version of 1857 particulars
5/8/23	Published