1875
Kelly's
DEOPHAM is a parish, 2½
miles from Kimberley station, 3 north from Attleborough, 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 Southern 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: it has chancel, lofty nave and
aisles: it was repaired in 1851: in 1864 the chancel was entirely restored and
new roofed, and furnished with a new window and communion rails, and the floor,
paved with Minton's tiles, and in 1867 the south aisle was restored at a cost of
£240. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a vicarage, tithes
commuted at £190, with £35 per annum added by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, with 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. The Rev. Henry
Rix, who died in 1728, left £60, to be invested in land (which produces a
rental of £14 yearly), 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 about £20, arising from 14 acres of
land, awarded at the Enclosure in 1814 in lieu of' common rights, is
distributed among the poor annually. A National school that will accommodate 84
children is supported by subscriptions. The Primitive Methodists have two small
chapels. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are impropriators of the rectoriaI
tithes. The Earl of Kimberley is lay impropriator, and the Sutton family are
lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Earl of Kimberley and J.
B. Graver Browne, esq. The soil is marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The area is 1,646 acres; rateable value, £3,240;
the population in 1871 was 462.
Parish
Clerk, Charles Hurrell.
POST OFFICE.- Robert Phnix, receiver. Letters through Wymondham, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & are dispatched at 5.55 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Hingham
INSURANCE AGENT. - Liverpool & London & Globe, H. Shaw, Hingham road
National School, Georgina Clarkson, mistress
Wanklyn Rev. Hibbert [vicar], Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Brunton
John, farmer
Clarke
Thomas, farmer, Stallands
Clarke
William, jun., farmer
Clements
James, wheelwright, The
Green
Eason Robt. Jun.,
farmer, Low common
Gathergood
William, beer retailer
George
Jerimiah, shopkeeper
Goddard George,
miller
Groom
Timothy, Halfmoon, & blacksmith,
The Green
Huggins
George, farmer, cattle dealer
& landowner
Hurrel Charles, farmer,
Hingham road
Jude Charles, farmer
& drill owner, Hingham road
Knott Wm., threshing
machine owner
Leverett Elizabeth (Mrs),
farmer
Leverett William,
farmer & shopkeeper
Liddelow William, farmer,
The Green
Mason Robert, tailor
Millard George, farmer,
Church farm
Minns Reuben,
farmer
Patrick William,
farmer
Patrick William,
farmer, The Green
Phnix Robert,
farmer, shopkeeper & postmaster, The Green
George, farmer, cattle dealer
Pitts Philip,
farmer
Riches John,
farmer, South bill
Robertson John,
farmer, Hall farm, Low common
Rowing Mary (Mrs.), farmer,
The Green
Shaw Henry,
farmer & landowner, Hingham road
Shickle James, farmer
Stone George,
beer retailer & drilling machine owner
Wade Robert, farmer
Walker John, farmer
Watling Henry,
farmer & collector of rates for Wicklewood
Webster James, farmer
Whitehand John,
farmer & drill owner, Stallands
Woods Robert, farmer
