Burnham Deepdale

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Burnham Deepdale
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Burnham Deepdale
Location within Norfolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KING'S LYNN
Postcode district PE31
Dialling code 01485
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52°59′N0°43′E / 52.983°N 0.717°E / 52.983; 0.717

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]

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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 has a church, [6] supermarket, [7] shops, [8] cafe, [9] pop up shops, [10] campsite, [11] visitor information centre, [12] bike hire, [13] self-catering rooms, [14] the Deepdale Festival, [15] live music gigs, [16] open air theatre, [17] and an organic farm. [18]

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

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:

And, the following for the Second World War:

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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. ↑ St Mary's Church https://burnhamdeepdale.co.uk/stmarys/
  7. ↑ Deepdale Stores - https://dalegatemarket.co.uk/deepdale-stores/
  8. ↑ Dalegate Market https://dalegatemarket.co.uk
  9. ↑ Deepdale Cafe https://dalegatemarket.co.uk/deepdale-cafe/
  10. ↑ Pop Up Shops at Dalegate Market https://dalegatemarket.co.uk/pop-up-shops/
  11. ↑ Deepdale Camping https://deepdalecamping.co.uk
  12. ↑ Deepdale Visitor Information Centre https://deepdalecamping.co.uk/information-centre/
  13. ↑ Deepdale Bike Hire https://deepdalecamping.co.uk/bike-hire/
  14. ↑ Deepdale Rooms https://deepdalecamping.co.uk/rooms/
  15. ↑ Deepdale Festival https://deepdalecamping.co.uk/festival/
  16. ↑ Deepdale Live Music https://deepdalecamping.co.uk/music/
  17. ↑ Open Air Theatre at Dalegate Market https://dalegatemarket.co.uk/theatre/
  18. ↑ Deepdale Farm https://deepdalefarm.co.uk
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