Deopham History

Welcome to the Deopham History website.

This is a place to share information about aspects of the changing face of the village.

The menu at the top of every page will help you through the history that has been collected so far.

Please let me know if you have anything to contribute to what is already on this site, either by way of new materials or comments on what is already presented:
Geoff@DeophamHistory.co.uk.

The site was started by Phil Long who supplied much of the initial data presented here.

Some of the most recent updates to this site:-


Click on an underlined topic to see the details.

16/4/241846 auction details for western part of High Elm Farm
15/4/24Hibbert Wanklyn and 1891 tower restoration; Charles Hurrell tenancy of Church Farm
5/4/24List of churchyard memorials
28/3/24Details of the 1851 vicarage (now The Grange); Low Common bridge inscription
25/3/24Blacksmiths Arms photo; Enhancements to the Mill sales details
19/3/24The wonderful tale of Mary Ann Mason
13/3/24Repairs to Chancel Roof 1886
10/3/24Updated the account of the deportation of Robert Wilson & Companions with details of the crime and its detection
8/3/24Photos of church nave roof carvings
5/3/24Auction of the Half Moon pub in 1878
3/3/241882/3 Restoration of church nave roof
24/2/241996 sale particulars added to West View/Jabula
18/2/24Rewritten Deopham Green Chapel Gravestones page.
17/2/24Page about Royal Tooke
11/2/24Revised Ryders and emigration and Rev. William Clark
9/2/24Coldham Green letter box
8/2/24More detail on the Rev. Richard Adams
2/2/241815 survey updated with summary of vicar’s income
1/2/24Certificate added to Deopham Green Sunday School page
31/1/24Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings report of 1882 on Deopham church restorations;
1878 church chancel repairs
24/1/24More detail on the Rev. George Turner
18/1/24Extended Deopham Green Sunday School
31/12/23Crown Farm
20/12/23The Grange (aka The Vicarage)
19/12/23Church Sunday School; 1864 church chancel repairs
14/12/23Picture of Elizabeth Leverett and others at Sunnyside Farm; horses at Hall Farm
9/12/23Trustees of Deopham Green Chapel
8/12/23Details of the Shipdham land in Queen Anne’s Bounty
29/11/23Invoice for construction of barn at Church Farm in 1801
28/11/23Completed review of burial records 1681-1927 and added analyses; new information about the Church organ.
23/11/23Bingo in the Gralix Hall
22/11/23Park Lane Farm
20/11/231853 auction of Halffield Lane Cottages
19/11/23Updated Rev. Richard Adams page to include link to 1830 problems in Edingthorpe.
16/11/23Added maps to the farms that are listed in the 1941 Farm Survey
4/11/23Replaced “Palm Sunday Willows” in the “Commercial” menu with a more comprehensive page on Hingham Nurseries
2/11/23Founding of the church school
31/10/23West View Cottages, Morley Road
27/10/23Order of service for dedication of the Airfield Memorial
25/10/23New page about Jolly Cottages
9/10/23Photo of Arthur Phoenix vehicle; burial details for priest Stephen Long 1564; Deopham Common Sunday School Accounts; Deopham Common Chapel Temperance Society meeting; appeal for funding for first school
6/10/23Revised page on Rev. Hibbert Wanklyn
3/10/23Photos of Ivy Cottage; Halffield Lane Cottages
30/9/23Church tower restoration 1954; revised page on Harry Kerry
29/9/23Photos of interior of Deopham Green Chapel; Post Office; Church Road; more information in Deopham Green Sunday School
28/9/23Cheese-making in Deopham; additional photo of Sturman’s Pumps; additional photo of The Mill
25/9/23Page on Rev. F.C. Hingeston-Randolph who was on loan from Devon to Deopham in 1872/3
22/9/23Demise of the Hall Farm chestnut tree
18/9/23Picture of Deopham Homeguard; Superintendent Robert Mason added to Biographies.
11/9/23Deopham Common Chapel from 1920-1943
10/9/231919 photo outside the Tin School
8/9/23Link in schools page to 1984 auction details of the last school
7/9/23Hurrell’s lease added to Laurel Farm reflecting farming practices at that time; Fulcher Family added to Deopham People.
Photos of Willow Farm
5/9/23Page on Memorialising the Wars added to the Wartime menu; this includes 452 Bomb Group’s dedication of the airfield memorial.
Witton Queen Anne’s Bounty land in Deopham;
Deopham Green Sunday School
1/9/23Picture of Mary Ann Rowing
30/8/23Link from Low Common cottages to contract to demolish the old cottages in 1932.
28/8/23Additional 1899 sales details and contract for Woodrow’s Farm; added Home Farm
25/8/23Biography of Michael Flowerday; link to Church Farm
21/8/23Survey of Deopham, 1815; links to South Cottage and Woodrow’s Farm
19/8/23More documents added to The Stalland Farm
16/8/23Added photo to Airfield page; updated Church History with notes from 1934-1956 relating to church repairs;
new links in Deopham Places to information on Laurel Farm, The Cottage & Willow Farm
12/8/23Revised page about Harry Kelly
Auction particulars of The Cottage, 1950
11/8/23Added photos to the page about Lt Corporal Percy Hurrell
8/8/23Mary Ann Rowing‘s story
Link to 1982 Auction details added to Shaws Farm
5/8/23Mill Farm Sales Particulars (1857)
4/8/23Advert for sale of Deopham Green Chapel
1/8/23Menus rearranged: Web Links are now on the pages to which they relate; Old Photos People is now Deopham People with sub-options to photos or biographies; Old Photos Places is now called Deopham Places containing photos, sales particulars etc.
The Stalland Farm sales particulars, 1857
Sale of Victoria Inn, 1903
28/7/23Pettingalls Farm sale particulars, 1857
27/7/23The Great Storm of 1703 and Samuel Wright
Sales particulars of Park Farm & West View.
26/7/23Sale particulars of Deopham Mill, 1875
14/7/23Added Donations option at foot of pages.
13/7/23Added button to 1941 Farm Survey which gives access to details of all farms and smallholdings; also, compiled list of farms using electricity in 1941.
8/7/23Tractors extracted and summarised from the 1941 Farm Survey
3/7/23Church’s first quinquennial results
30/6/231941 Farm Survey
25/6/23Photo of airfield control tower
22/6/23Revised Queen Anne’s Bounty page to include sale of Bounty land in 1923
21/6/23Bevil Amyas added to biographies
19/6/23Added link on Church History section to new page on Ordnance Survey triangulation
16/6/23Page about Guilds in Deopham
14/6/23Page about the American bomber crashing on Crown Farm
10/6/23Added description to photo of tractor harrowing in front of the church
9/6/23Added letter from the architect recommending restrictions on use of church bells.
8/6/23Added Maurice Standley funeral to Biographies
6/6/23Extended Overseers’ reports to include 1811, 1821 & 1871
Added photo of tractor ploughing near the church
Linked the Deopham Charities page to the 1815 land ownership data
31/5/23Added photo of Church Farmhouse with outbuildings
24/5/23Added Parish Council letter to Highways concerning children on signpost
16/5/23Added menu option to “Organisations” linking to page of 1832 information on Deopham Charities.
15/5/23Added 1942 correspondence concerning manning of fire pump.
11/5/23Reformatted and updated the 1939 Register
3/5/23Revised 1921 Census to improve legibility by adding headings above each household
2/5/23Added Parish Council letter about building a village hall.
29/4/23Revised Low Common chapel page to include letter from Parish Council about its dangerous condition
Table of Parish Council allotment communications 1943-5
26/4/23Revised Church History and added page on church bells
20/4/23Created a page describing the church organ’s history;
Revised the details of Deopham’s Queen Ann’s Bounty award
18/4/23Revised and extended marriages 1706-1718
13/4/23Added summaries to the 1921 census data
12/4/231921 census completed
10/4/23Corrections to 1742-3 burial data + link to copy of corresponding page of church register.

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