Place:Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England

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Burnham Deepdale is a village on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. Prior to 1935 it was a separate civil parish. In 1935 it was abolished as a civil parish and was absorbed into the adjacent civil parish of Brancaster (which also includes the settlement of Brancaster Staithe). The three villages 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.

Burnham Deepdale is located about 1 1/2 miles (3 km) west of Burnham Market, 22 miles (35 km) northeast of the town of King's Lynn and 31 miles (50 km) northwest of the city of Norwich.

St. Mary's church at Burnham Deepdale is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk; it also has a carved Norman font.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Burnham Deepdale from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"BURNHAM-DEEPDALE, a parish in Docking [registration] district, Norfolk; on the coast, 2¼ miles NW by N of Burnham-Westgate [railway] station, and 7½ W by N of Wells. Post Town: Burnham [Market], under [King's] Lynn. Acres: 1,061. Real property: £1,400. Population: 81. Houses: 20. The property is divided among a few. Much of the surface is naturally salt marsh; but has been partially reclaimed. Brick and tile making are carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £257. Patrons: the Trustees of H. Blyth, Esq. The church is Norman, and of flint, with a round tower; had formerly a font with rude sculptures emblematic of the Saxon months; and is very good."

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Burnham Deepdale. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Brothercross Hundred.
• GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:

• England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
• England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
• England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
• England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
• England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901

• Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.

• Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
• Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940

• FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.