Dilham
| Dilham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St. Nicholas' Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG332245 |
| Location: | 52°46’5"N, 1°27’22"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 331 (2021) |
| Post town: | North Walsham |
| Postcode: | NR28 |
| Dialling code: | 01692 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Dilham is a village Norfolk. It is to be found four miles south-east of North Walsham and twelve miles north-east of Norwich, along the course of the River Ant.
The 2021 census recorded Dilham's population as 331 people
The name 'Dilham' is from the Old English for 'dill homestead'.[1]
Dilham marks the limit of Broads navigation for larger boats, but smaller boats can continue on the North Walsham and Dilham Canal until Honing.
History
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Dilham is listed as a settlement of 23 households. The village was divided between the estates of Alan of Brittany, Robert Malet, Roger Bigod and St Benet's Abbey.[2]
Nearby Dilham Castle was built in the fifteenth century as a fortified manor house for Sir Henry Inglose; all that remains of the castle is the Grade II listed tower currently attached to Hall Farm.[3][4]
During the Second World War, the North Walsham and Dilham Canal was designated as a line of defence against a possible German invasion which meant that bunkers, barbed wire and mortar-emplacements were built in the parish.[5][6]
St. Nicholas' Church
Dilham's parish church is St Nicholas, which was re-built in the 1930s. St. Nicholas' is located outside the village on Church Road.[7]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Dilham.
- ↑ Dilham in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Heritage List 1049158: Tower at Dilham Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1017668: Mediæval tower and wall at Dilham Hall (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ "MNF17022 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF17022.
- ↑ "MNF32559 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF32559.
- ↑ "The Norfolk Churches Site". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/dilham/dilham.htm.