The manor house in the vicinity of the two Lophams was held by the Bigod lords until 1302 when the land was surrendered to the crown.

In 1310 King Edward I in turn granted the manor to his brother Thomas of Brotherton who became Earl of Norfolk in 1313.

The villages became famous for the quality of their linen in the 19th century before the decline of this cottage industry in favour of mechanised production.

When the Reverend Francis Blomefield wrote about the Lophams in 1739, he said that[5]This town is remarkable among the Country People for the three WONDERS, (as they call them) the First is, the Selfgrown Stile, being a tree grown in such a manner, and serves as such in a common Foot Path...the Second is the Ox-foot Stone, which lies in a meadow so called...The Third is called Lopham Ford, at the place the Ouse and Waveney have their rise...The church, originally dedicated to St Nicholas, is a Grade I listed building of rubblestone and flint with a central tower dating from c.1120.

[6] It retains evidence of earlier origin in the form of a high round window in the nave suggestive of a large Saxon church.