BURNHAM-DEEPDALE, a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; on the coast, 2¼ miles NW by N of Burnham-Westgate r. station, and 7½ W by N of Wells. Post Town, Burnham, under Lynn. Acres, 1,061. Real property, £1,400. Pop., 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.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))