Burnham Deepdale

Burnham Deepdale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brancaster, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, on the north coast of the county of Norfolk, England. Burnham Deepdale, Brancaster and Brancaster Staithe form a more or less continuous settlement along the A149, at the edge of the Brancaster Manor marshland and the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve. In 1931 the parish had a population of 81.[1]

Burnham Deepdale
Burnham Deepdale St Mary's
Burnham Deepdale is located in Norfolk
Burnham Deepdale
Burnham Deepdale
Location within Norfolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

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.[2] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Brancaster.[3]

Geography

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

St Mary's Church

Burnham Deepdale's Parish church is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining Anglo-Saxon round-tower churches,[4] and is dedicated to Saint Mary. St Mary's was significantly remodelled in the 1870s by Frederick Preedy.[5]

Buildings and amenities

Burnham Deepdale is home to the 'Deepdale Cafe'.[6]

Both Burnham Deepdale and Brancaster offer accommodation in holiday cottages, hostels, camping, hotels and bed & breakfasts. Village life centres on the harbour and its thriving fishing and sailing community.

Notable residents

Rupert Everett- English actor, director and producer

War Memorial

Burnham Deepdale's War Memorial takes the form of a shrine located in St Mary's churchyard. It lists the following names for the First World War:

  • Chief-Stoker Robert I. Winterborne (1878-1917), HMS Vanguard
  • Sergeant Harold N. D. Guthrie (1894-1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
  • Lance-Corporal Albert J. West (1893-1916), 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
  • Lance-Corporal Bede Guthrie (1896-1917), 1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Private Henry Mitchell (1882-1917), 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
  • Private Robert Mack (d.1916), 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
  • Private Herbert Martins (1881-1916), 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
  • Private Percy Williamson (d.1918), 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
  • Private Herbert Hubbard (d.1917), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
  • Private Russell Sutherland (1896-1917), 120th Company, Machine Gun Corps
  • Private William J. Billing (d.1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Herbert Youngs (1895-1915), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Burton P. Loose (1895-1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

And, the following for the Second World War:

References
  1. "Population statistics Burnham Deepdale AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 14, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Burnham%20Deepdale
  3. "Relationships and changes Burnham Deepdale AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. The Round Tower Churches of Europe. (2022). Retrieved November 14, 2022. https://www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-a-b/burnham-deepdale-2/
  5. Ashley, P. (2012). Cross Country: English buildings and landscape from countryside to coast. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, p.79.
  6. Deepdale Cafe. (2022). Retrieved November 14, 2022. https://www.dalegatemarket.co.uk/deepdale-cafe/
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