Deopham

Other current and historical names

Depham
Diepham

Parish/Community: Deopham
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°33'42"N 1°1'20"E
Eastings/Northings: 604955, 300283
OS Grid: TG049002
Mapcode Local: GBR TFJ.79S
Mapcode Global: WHLSK.PV0X

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Deopham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Deopham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Deopham, par., S. Norfolk, 3 miles N. of Attleborough ry. sta., 1646 ac., pop. 424; P.O.

Deopham in the Domesday Book

A village in Forehoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin; Free men, six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Taxable Value: 3 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £8 15/- in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 29 smallholders; 25 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 12 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 10 cattle; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 17 pigs; 32 goats; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

British Place Names

Deopham, Norfolk

Deopham is a village in Norfolk

Deopham in historic gazetteers

Deopham in the Domesday Book