1879
Kelly's
DEOPHAM is a parish, 2½ miles from Kimberley station, 3 north from Attleborough, station, 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 £12 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. The Primitive Methodists have two small chapels. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are impropriators of the rectoriaI tithes. The Earl of Kimberley, the Sutton family and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Earl of Kimberley, J. B. Graver Browne, esq. and the Crown. The soil is marl; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The area is 1,646 acres; rateable value, £3,610 5s; 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 and telegraph office is at Hingham
A National school to hold 84 children is supported by subscriptions; Miss Georgina Clarkson, mistress
Penlington Thomas
Wanklyn Rev. Hibbert [vicar], Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Allen
William, farmer & dealer
Brunton
John, farmer
Chinnery
George, Halfmoon & blacksmith, The Green
Clarke
Alfred, farmer
Clarke
Thomas, farmer, Stallands
Clarke
William, jun., farmer
Clements
James, wheelwright, The
Green
Eason Robt. Jun.,
farmer, Low common
Fielding
James, farmer &
shopkeeper
Gathergood
William, beer retailer
George
Jerimiah, shopkeeper &
beer rtlr.
Huggins
George, farmer, cattle dealer
& landowner
Hurrel Charles, farmer,
Hingham road
Jude Charles, farmer
& drill owner, Hingham road
Keely John,
miller
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 & postmaster, The Green
Pitts Philip,
farmer
Riches Henry,
thrashing machine owner
Riches John,
farmer, South hill
Rowing Mary Ann, farmer,
The Green
Shaw Henry,
farmer & landowner, Hingham road
Shickle James, farmer
Stone George,
thatcher
Tooley Elizabeth (Miss), farmer
Watling Henry,
farmer
Webster James, farmer
Whitehand John, farmer, Stallands
Woods Robert, farmer
