Burnham Deepdale
| Burnham Deepdale | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF803443 |
| Location: | 52°57’57"N, 0°41’4"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | King's Lynn |
| Postcode: | PE31 |
| Dialling code: | 01485 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North West Norfolk |
Burnham Deepdale is a village in the very north of Norfolk, on the county's north coast, 18 miles north-east of King's Lynn and 35 miles north-west of Norwich, on the A149 road between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth. It overlooks Brancaster Manor marshlands.
This is one of the Norfolk Burnhams: a cluster of villages bearing the 'Burnham' name by this part of the county's north coast.
History
Burnham Deepdale's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It records the village's position by the River Burn, though far from there being a deep valley, it is on the level coastland reaching out into the marsh.[1] The village is listed in the Domesday Book as a settlement of four households in the Brothercross =Hundred. It was part of the estates of Roger Bigod.[2]
In 1931 the parish had a population of 81.[3] This was the last time separate population statistics were recorded for Burnham Deepdale and on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Brancaster.[4]
St Mary's Church
Burnham Deepdale's parish church, St Mary's (seen beside the A149), is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. The church is a Grade II listed building.[5]
The church was significantly remodelled in the 1870s by Frederick Preedy but still retains some of its mediæval stained-glass windows. The church has a stoned carved font which has been called "one of Norfolk's most remarkable" and a carved altarpiece by Walter Tapper dating from 1932.[6]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Burnham%20Deepdale.
- ↑ Deepdale Burnham Deepdale in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Population statistics Burnham Deepdale AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10208373/cube/TOT_POP. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ↑ "Relationships and changes Burnham Deepdale AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10208373. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1237969: Church Of St Mary (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/burnhamdeepdale/burnhamdeepdale.htm.
| The Norfolk Burnhams |
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Burnham Deepdale • Burnham Norton • Burnham Overy • Burnham Sutton • Burnham Thorpe • Burnham Ulph • Burnham Westgate |