Burnham Deepdale

Burnham Deepdale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brancaster, in the English county of Norfolk. It is 18 miles (29 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 35 miles (56 km) north-west of Norwich. The village is along the A149 road between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth and overlooks Brancaster Manor marshlands.

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
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°59′N 0°43′E

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] The village is listed in the Domesday Book as a settlement of four households in the hundred of Brothercross. 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

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 on the A149 and is Grade II listed.^[5] The church was significantly remodelled in the 1870s by Frederick Preedy but still retains some of its medieval 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]

Notable people

• Rupert Everett (b.1959), actor, born in Burnham Deepdale.