Burnham Deepdale

Burnham Deepdale
St Mary's Church
Burnham Deepdale Location within Norfolk
Civil parish	Brancaster
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE31
Dialling code	01485
UK Parliament	North West Norfolk

Burnham Deepdale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brancaster, in the English county of Norfolk.

Burnham Deepdale is located 18 miles (29 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 35 miles (56 km) north-west of Norwich.

History

Burnham Deepdale's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a settlement along the River Burn with a deep valley.[1]

Burnham Deepdale is listed in the Domesday Book as a settlement of four households in the hundred of Brothercross. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of Roger Bigod.[2]

Deepdale Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building within the village which dates to the 17th century.[3]

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Brancaster.[4]

Geography

In 1931 the parish had a population of 81.[5] This was the last time separate population statistics were recorded for Burnham Deepdale.

The village is one of the original seven Norfolk Burnhams, which include Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Sutton, Burnham Thorpe, Burnham Ulph and Burnham Westgate.

The village is located along the A149, between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth. Burnham Deepdale is located almost exclusively along the edges of the road where it forms an almost continuous settlement with Brancaster and Brancaster Staithe.

Burnham Deepdale is located at the edge of the Brancaster Manor Marsh and the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve.

St Mary's Church

Main article: St Mary's Church, Burnham Deepdale

Burnham Deepdale's church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. The church is located on the side of the A149 and has been Grade II listed since 1953.[6] The church was significantly remodelled in the 1870s by Frederick Preedy but still retains some of its Medieval stained-glass windows. The church boasts a stoned carved font which has been called "one of Norfolk's most remarkable" and a carved altarpiece by Sir Walter Tapper dating from 1932.[7]

Buildings and amenities

The village overlooks the salt marshes of Brancaster Staithe harbour. The village is to the east of Brancaster, on the A149 coast road, and is served the Coastliner bus service and the Norfolk Coast Path.

Notable residents

• William Jason Maxwell Borthwick, lawyer and naval officer, link to Burnham Deepdale unknown.
• Rupert Everett (b.1959), actor, born in Burnham Deepdale.

Governance

Burnham Deepdale is part of the electoral ward of Brancaster for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North West Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's James Wild MP since 2010.

War memorial

Burnham Deepdale's war memorial is two separate shrines in St Mary's Church and is shared with Brancaster Staithe. The memorials have been Grade II listed since 2018.[8] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[9]

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of Death	Burial
CSt.	Robert I. Winterbourne	HMS Vanguard	9 Jul. 1917	Chatham Naval Memorial
Sgt	Harold N. D. Guthrie	7th Bn, Royal Fusiliers	16 Apr. 1917	Bailleul Road Cemetery
LCpl	Albert J. West	8th Bn, East Surrey Regiment	30 Sep. 1916	Connaught Cemetery
LCpl	Bede Guthrie	1/5th Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment	16 Aug. 1917	Tyne Cot
Pte	Henry Mitchell	8th Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment	27 Dec. 1917	Mory Abbey Cemetery
Pte	Robert Mack	8th Bn, East Surrey Regiment	1 July 1916	Thiepval Memorial
Pte	Herbert Martins	12th Bn, East Surrey Rgt.	15 Sep. 1916	Bulls Road Cemetery
Pte	Herbert Hubbard	1st Bn, Essex Regiment	13 Apr. 1917	Arras Memorial
Pte	Russell Sutherland	120th Coy, Machine Gun Corps	5 May 1917	Fifteen Ravine Cemetery
Pte	William J. Billing	7th Bn, Norfolk Regiment	12 Oct. 1916	Thiepval Memorial
Pte	Herbert Youngs	7th Bn, Norfolk Rgt.	13 Oct. 1915	Loos Memorial
Pte	Burton P. Loose	9th Bn, Norfolk Rgt.	15 Apr. 1918	Tyne Cot
Pte	Percy Williamson	11th Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment	29 Apr. 1918	Tyne Cot

And, the following from the Second World War:

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of Death	Burial
Sgt	Sidney A. J. Mahoney	10th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment	23 Jan. 1944	Minturno War Cemetery
Gnr	Gordon B. Stringer	2nd (Medium) Rgt, Royal Artillery	7 May 1944	Cassino War Cemetery
Tpr	Arthur Osborne	1st Rgt, Royal Armoured Corps	28 Nov. 1941	Knightsbridge War Cemetery

References

1. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
2. "[Burnham] Deepdale | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
3. "Deepdale Farmhouse, Brancaster - 1237816 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
4. "Relationships and changes Burnham Deepdale AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
5. "Population statistics Burnham Deepdale AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
6. "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Brancaster - 1237969 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
7. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
8. "Burnham Deepdale War Memorial Shrine, Brancaster - 1452668 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
9. "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Burnham Deepdale and Staithe". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

External links

• Brancaster Staithe & Burnham Deepdale website - burnhamdeepdale.co.uk