1869
Kelly's
DEOPHAM
is a parish, 3 miles south-east from Hingham, 3 north from Attleborough
station, 114 from London, and 5 west from Wymondham, comprising the small
village of DEOPHAM GREEN,
situated a mile south-west from the church. The parish is in the South-Eastern
division of the county, Forehoe hundred and union, Wymondham county court
district, rural deanery of Hingham, archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of
Norwich. The church of St. Andrew is in the Perpendicular style, with a handsome
square embattled tower, having octagonal turrets, and two strong buttresses at
each angle, with ornamental pinnacles on each side, and contains 5 bells: the
interior is spacious, has a lofty nave, aisles and chancel: it was repaired in
1851, and the stonework and pillars scraped: in 1864 the chancel was entirely
restored and new roofed, and furnished with a new window and altar rails, and
the floor paved with Minton's tiles. The register dates from the year 1560. The
living is a vicarage, yearly value about £190. with handsome residence, and
23 acres of glebe land in Shipdham and 6 acres in this parish, in the gift of
the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and held by the Rev. Hibbert Wanklyn, of
University College, Durham. A National school that will accommodate 70 children
is supported by subscriptions. The Primitive Methodists have two small chapels.
The
Rev. Henry Rix, who died in 1728, left £60, to be invested in land,
which produces a rental of £14 per annual, the proceeds to be appropriated in
teaching four poor children, and for an annual sermon, the minister to receive
10s., clerk 1s., and 8s. for each child, the remainder to be given in bread to
the poor parishioners. There is also about £20 arising from 14 acres of land,
awarded at the Enclosure in 1814 in lieu of common rights, distributed among the
poor in coals annually. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are impropriators of
the rectorial tithes. The Earl of Kimberley is lord of the manor. The soil is
marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The
population in 1861 was 483; the area is 1,646 acres.
Parish Clerk, Charles Hurrell.
POST
OFFICE.- William
Whitehand, receiver. Letters through Wymondham, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & dispatched at 5.55 p.m. The nearest money order office is at
Hingham.
Assistant Overseer,
William Whitehand
National School,
Miss Hagar Hubbard, mistress
Wanklyn
Rev. Hibbert [vicar],
Vicarage
Brunton
John, farmer
Clarke
Thomas, farmer,
Stallands
Clarke
William, jun.,
farmer
Clements
Jas., wheelwright,
The Green
Eason
Robt. jun.,
farmer, Low common
George
Jeremiah, shopkeeper
Goddard
George, miller
Huggins
George,
farmer & cattle dealer
Jude
Charles, farmer
& drill owner, Hingham road
Liddelow
William,
farmer, The Green
Mason
Robert, tailor
Miles
Sarah (Mrs.), farmer,
High elm
Millard
George, farmer,
Church farm
Minns
Reuben, farmer
Patrick
William, farmer
Phœnix
John, farmer,
Hingham road
Phœnix
Robert, farmer
& shopkeeper, The Green
Pitts
Philip, farmer
Riches
John, farmer,
South hill
Roberson
John, farmer,
Low common
Rowing
Mary (Mrs.),
farmer, The Green
Shickle
James, farmer,
High elm
Shickle
William, farmer,
The Green
Shickle
William, jun.,
farmer, The Green
Stone
George, beer
retailer & drilling machine owner
Wade
Robert, farmer
Ward
Maria (Mrs),
beer retailer & farmer, Low common
Watling
Henry, farmer,
assistant overseeer & collect. of rates for Wicklewood
Webster
James, farmer
Whitehand
John, farmer
& drill owner, Stallands
Whitehand
William, shopkeeper,
& post office
Wingfield
John,
Halfmoon, & blacksmith, The Green
