Dalham

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Dalham
Suffolk
Dalham - Church of St Mary.jpg
Dalham, Church of St Mary
Location
Grid reference: TL721617
Location: 52°13’37"N, 0°31’12"E
Data
Population: 199  (2001)
Post town: Newmarket
Postcode: CB8
Dialling code: 01638
Local Government
Council: West Suffolk
Parliamentary
constituency:
West Suffolk

Dalham is a village in Suffolk, west of Newmarket (and 8 miles west of Bury St Edmunds) at the border with Cambridgeshire: the latter county's easternmost point is at the road junction here. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 199.

A windmill stands at the west end of the village beside the county boundary.

Dalham Hall

Main article: Dalham Hall

Dalham Hall stands to the north of the village. In 1901 the estate of Dalham Hall was bought by Cecil Rhodes. After he died in 1902 without taking possession, his brother Colonel Francis William Rhodes became the owner, and erected the village hall in his brother's memory.[1]

Dalham Hall and its associated stud are now owned by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.[2]

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