ðɪ ˈɔːθɚ ɹˈɑːnəld blˈaɪð ɹˈoʊt ðə bˈʊk ˈeɪkənfˌiːld wˌaɪl lˈɪvɪŋ ɪn dᵻbˈɑːx ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks dˈæʃ sˈɛvən ænd mˈɛnʃənz ðə vˈɪlɪdʒ "ɐ tˈaɪni pˈæɹɪʃ ʌv sˌʌm ˈeɪɾi sˈoʊlz" ɪnðə pɹˈɛfəs tə ðə bˈʊk.
The author Ronald Blythe wrote the book Akenfield while living in Debach in 1966-7 and mentions the village - "a tiny parish of some eighty souls" - in the preface to the book.