Southhill

Also spelt South Hill, Southill

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Location
   1. South Hill Common
      1. After Inclosure – 1814
   2. South Hill – 1815
   3. South Hill Farm – 1941
   4. South Hill Farmhouse – 2026
3. Navigation

Introduction

South Hill can refer to

• South Hill Common which ceased to exist after the Inclosure legislation was implemented in 1814;
• South Hill Farm for which at least two locations have existed;
• South Hill has a general name for the southern end of the village.

Location

South Hill Common

After Inclosure – 1814

The following extract from the 1814 Inclosures Map shows the area which the Commissioners described as South Hill Common, and which they sold in four 5 acre plots:-

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

South Hill – 1815

The Survey of Deopham published in 1815 describes the following pieces of land as being parts of South Hill. Piece no 453 looks isolated on this plan: it is not explicitly described as being part of South Hill: the description is “Allotment purchased of the Commissioners”. The above 1814 map included it as part of the sale of South Hill Common.

Reproduced courtesy of the Chapter of Canterbury; their ref 183720-17

The following table shows the data recorded in the 1815 Survey for the South Hill pieces of land:

		Arable			Pasture
Reference	Description	Acres	Roods	Perches	Acres	Roods	Perches
452	Part of South Hill	2	2	10
453	Allotment purchased of the Commissioners	3	0	0
454	Allotment on South Hill Common purchased of the Commissioners	2	0	0
455	Allotment on South-hill Common	1	3	5
456	Allotment on South-hill Common	3	0	0
457	Allotment on South Hill Common purchased of the Commissioners	5	0	0
458	Allotment on South Hill Common purchased of the Commissioners	5	0	0
459	Allotment on South Hill Common purchased of the Commissioners	5	0	0
460	Part of South Hill	3	0	12
461	Frontage to Nos 448&465 (South Hill)				6	0	2
462	West Part of South Hill next Attleburgh	5	0	24
463	Middle Part of South Hill next Attleburgh	5	0	17
464	East Part of South Hill next Attleburgh	6	3	2
465	South Hill Pightle	2	2	6
466	Allotment on South Hill Common	9	3	26

South Hill Farm – 1941

The location of South Hill Farm has been fluid over the years, and hasn’t coincided with the earlier definition of South Hill Common at the time of the Inclosures.

In 1941 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries carried out a survey of all farms to be used as a basis for post-war planning.  South Hill Farm is shown in purple on the map below and is labelled 194/29; it was at this time on the opposite side of the Attleborough Road to the South Hill Common area defined above.

© National Archives, Kew. Their refs: MAF 73/28/73+85

South Hill Farmhouse – 2026

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Date	Change
24/6/26	Published