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.
16/4/24 | 1846 auction details for western part of High Elm Farm |
15/4/24 | Hibbert Wanklyn and 1891 tower restoration; Charles Hurrell tenancy of Church Farm |
5/4/24 | List of churchyard memorials |
28/3/24 | Details of the 1851 vicarage (now The Grange); Low Common bridge inscription |
25/3/24 | Blacksmiths Arms photo; Enhancements to the Mill sales details |
19/3/24 | The wonderful tale of Mary Ann Mason |
13/3/24 | Repairs to Chancel Roof 1886 |
10/3/24 | Updated the account of the deportation of Robert Wilson & Companions with details of the crime and its detection |
8/3/24 | Photos of church nave roof carvings |
5/3/24 | Auction of the Half Moon pub in 1878 |
3/3/24 | 1882/3 Restoration of church nave roof |
24/2/24 | 1996 sale particulars added to West View/Jabula |
18/2/24 | Rewritten Deopham Green Chapel Gravestones page. |
17/2/24 | Page about Royal Tooke |
11/2/24 | Revised Ryders and emigration and Rev. William Clark |
9/2/24 | Coldham Green letter box |
8/2/24 | More detail on the Rev. Richard Adams |
2/2/24 | 1815 survey updated with summary of vicar’s income |
1/2/24 | Certificate added to Deopham Green Sunday School page |
31/1/24 | Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings report of 1882 on Deopham church restorations; 1878 church chancel repairs |
24/1/24 | More detail on the Rev. George Turner |
18/1/24 | Extended Deopham Green Sunday School |
31/12/23 | Crown Farm |
20/12/23 | The Grange (aka The Vicarage) |
19/12/23 | Church Sunday School; 1864 church chancel repairs |
14/12/23 | Picture of Elizabeth Leverett and others at Sunnyside Farm; horses at Hall Farm |
9/12/23 | Trustees of Deopham Green Chapel |
8/12/23 | Details of the Shipdham land in Queen Anne’s Bounty |
29/11/23 | Invoice for construction of barn at Church Farm in 1801 |
28/11/23 | Completed review of burial records 1681-1927 and added analyses; new information about the Church organ. |
23/11/23 | Bingo in the Gralix Hall |
22/11/23 | Park Lane Farm |
20/11/23 | 1853 auction of Halffield Lane Cottages |
19/11/23 | Updated Rev. Richard Adams page to include link to 1830 problems in Edingthorpe. |
16/11/23 | Added maps to the farms that are listed in the 1941 Farm Survey |
4/11/23 | Replaced “Palm Sunday Willows” in the “Commercial” menu with a more comprehensive page on Hingham Nurseries |
2/11/23 | Founding of the church school |
31/10/23 | West View Cottages, Morley Road |
27/10/23 | Order of service for dedication of the Airfield Memorial |
25/10/23 | New page about Jolly Cottages |
9/10/23 | Photo 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 |
6/10/23 | Revised page on Rev. Hibbert Wanklyn |
3/10/23 | Photos of Ivy Cottage; Halffield Lane Cottages |
30/9/23 | Church tower restoration 1954; revised page on Harry Kerry |
29/9/23 | Photos of interior of Deopham Green Chapel; Post Office; Church Road; more information in Deopham Green Sunday School |
28/9/23 | Cheese-making in Deopham; additional photo of Sturman’s Pumps; additional photo of The Mill |
25/9/23 | Page on Rev. F.C. Hingeston-Randolph who was on loan from Devon to Deopham in 1872/3 |
22/9/23 | Demise of the Hall Farm chestnut tree |
18/9/23 | Picture of Deopham Homeguard; Superintendent Robert Mason added to Biographies. |
11/9/23 | Deopham Common Chapel from 1920-1943 |
10/9/23 | 1919 photo outside the Tin School |
8/9/23 | Link in schools page to 1984 auction details of the last school |
7/9/23 | Hurrell’s lease added to Laurel Farm reflecting farming practices at that time; Fulcher Family added to Deopham People. Photos of Willow Farm |
5/9/23 | Page 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 |
1/9/23 | Picture of Mary Ann Rowing |
30/8/23 | Link from Low Common cottages to contract to demolish the old cottages in 1932. |
28/8/23 | Additional 1899 sales details and contract for Woodrow’s Farm; added Home Farm |
25/8/23 | Biography of Michael Flowerday; link to Church Farm |
21/8/23 | Survey of Deopham, 1815; links to South Cottage and Woodrow’s Farm |
19/8/23 | More documents added to The Stalland Farm |
16/8/23 | Added 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 |
12/8/23 | Revised page about Harry Kelly Auction particulars of The Cottage, 1950 |
11/8/23 | Added photos to the page about Lt Corporal Percy Hurrell |
8/8/23 | Mary Ann Rowing‘s story Link to 1982 Auction details added to Shaws Farm |
5/8/23 | Mill Farm Sales Particulars (1857) |
4/8/23 | Advert for sale of Deopham Green Chapel |
1/8/23 | Menus 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 |
28/7/23 | Pettingalls Farm sale particulars, 1857 |
27/7/23 | The Great Storm of 1703 and Samuel Wright Sales particulars of Park Farm & West View. |
26/7/23 | Sale particulars of Deopham Mill, 1875 |
14/7/23 | Added Donations option at foot of pages. |
13/7/23 | Added button to 1941 Farm Survey which gives access to details of all farms and smallholdings; also, compiled list of farms using electricity in 1941. |
8/7/23 | Tractors extracted and summarised from the 1941 Farm Survey |
3/7/23 | Church’s first quinquennial results |
30/6/23 | 1941 Farm Survey |
25/6/23 | Photo of airfield control tower |
22/6/23 | Revised Queen Anne’s Bounty page to include sale of Bounty land in 1923 |
21/6/23 | Bevil Amyas added to biographies |
19/6/23 | Added link on Church History section to new page on Ordnance Survey triangulation |
16/6/23 | Page about Guilds in Deopham |
14/6/23 | Page about the American bomber crashing on Crown Farm |
10/6/23 | Added description to photo of tractor harrowing in front of the church |
9/6/23 | Added letter from the architect recommending restrictions on use of church bells. |
8/6/23 | Added Maurice Standley funeral to Biographies |
6/6/23 | Extended 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 |
31/5/23 | Added photo of Church Farmhouse with outbuildings |
24/5/23 | Added Parish Council letter to Highways concerning children on signpost |
16/5/23 | Added menu option to “Organisations” linking to page of 1832 information on Deopham Charities. |
15/5/23 | Added 1942 correspondence concerning manning of fire pump. |
11/5/23 | Reformatted and updated the 1939 Register |
3/5/23 | Revised 1921 Census to improve legibility by adding headings above each household |
2/5/23 | Added Parish Council letter about building a village hall. |
29/4/23 | Revised Low Common chapel page to include letter from Parish Council about its dangerous condition Table of Parish Council allotment communications 1943-5 |
26/4/23 | Revised Church History and added page on church bells |
20/4/23 | Created a page describing the church organ’s history; Revised the details of Deopham’s Queen Ann’s Bounty award |
18/4/23 | Revised and extended marriages 1706-1718 |
13/4/23 | Added summaries to the 1921 census data |
12/4/23 | 1921 census completed |
10/4/23 | Corrections to 1742-3 burial data + link to copy of corresponding page of church register. |