Burnham Deepdale
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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 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 |
| UK Parliament | |
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]
The village is one of the original seven Burnhams, which include Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Sutton, Burnham Thorpe, Burnham Ulph and Burnham Westgate.
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]
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.
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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:
- Sergeant Sidney A. J. Mahoney (1914–1944), 10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
- Gunner Gordon B. Stringer (1920–1944), 2nd (Medium) Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Trooper Arthur Osborne (d.1941), 1st Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
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