Burnham Deepdale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brancaster, in the English county of Norfolk. Burnham Deepdale is located 18 mi north-east of King's Lynn and 35 mi north-west of Norwich.

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. Burnham Deepdale is listed in the Domesday Book as a settlement of four households in the hundred of Brothercross. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of Roger Bigod. Deepdale Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building within the village which dates to the 17th century. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Brancaster.

Geography

In 1931 the parish had a population of 81. This was the last time separate population statistics were recorded for Burnham Deepdale. The village is one of the original seven Norfolk Burnhams, which include Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Sutton, Burnham Thorpe, Burnham Ulph and Burnham Westgate. The village is located along the A149, between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth. Burnham Deepdale is located almost exclusively along the edges of the road where it forms an almost continous settlement with Brancaster and Brancaster Staithe. Burnham Deepdale is located at the edge of the Brancaster Manor Marsh and the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve.

St Mary's Church

Burnham Deepdale's church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining Round-tower churches. The church is located on the side of the A149 and has been Grade II listed since 1953. The church was significantly remodelled in the 1870s by Frederick Preedy but still retains some of its Medieval stained-glass windows. The church boasts a stoned carved font which has been called "one of Norfolk's most remarkable" and a carved altarpiece by Sir Walter Tapper dating from 1932.

Buildings and amenities

Burnham Deepdale has a church, supermarket, shops, cafe, pop up shops, campsite, visitor information centre, bike hire, self-catering rooms, the Deepdale Festival, live music gigs, open air theatre, and an organic farm. 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

Governance

Burnham Deepdale is part of the electoral ward of Brancaster for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The village's national constituency is North West Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's James Wild MP since 2010.

War memorial

Burnham Deepdale's war memorial is two separate shrines in St Mary's Church and is shared with Brancaster Staithe. The memorials have been Grade II listed since 2018. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War: And, the following from the Second World War: