Dilham is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
English
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* English people
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county of
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. The village is located 4.3 miles south-east of
North Walsham
North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England, within the North Norfolk district.
Demography
The civil parish has an area of and in the 2011 census had a population of 12,634. For the purposes of local government, the pa ...
and 12 miles north-east of
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, and is situated on the
River Ant
The River Ant is a tributary river of the River Bure in the county of Norfolk, England. It is long (of which 8.75 miles are now navigable), and has an overall drop of 27 metres from source to mouth. It is said that the Ant was formerly known as ...
.
History
Dilham's name is of
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
origin and derives from the
Old English
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for a farmstead or homestead with an abundance of
dill
Dill (''Anethum graveolens'') is an annual herb in the celery family Apiaceae. It is the only species in the genus ''Anethum''. Dill is grown widely in Eurasia, where its leaves and seeds are used as a herb or spice for flavouring food.
Growth ...
.
In the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
, Dilham is listed as a settlement of 23 households in the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...
of
Tunstead. The village was divided between the estates of
Alan of Brittany,
Robert Malet
Robert Malet (c. 1050 – by 1130) was a Norman-English baron and a close advisor of Henry I.
Early life
Malet was the son of William Malet, and inherited his father's great honour of Eye in 1071. This made him one of the dozen or so great ...
,
Roger Bigod and
St Benet's Abbey
St Benet's Abbey was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict, also known as St Benet's at Holme or Hulme. It was situated on the River Bure within the Broads in Norfolk, England. St Benet is a medieval English version of the name of ...
.
Nearby
Dilham Castle
Dilham Castle, also called Dilham Hall, is situated in the village of Dilham, near Stalham in Norfolk, England.
Details
Dilham Castle was built in the 15th century by Sir Henry Inglose, probably around the same time as nearby Caister Castle. In ...
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
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tower currently attached to Hall Farm.
Geography
According to the
2011 Census, Dilham Parish has a population of 319 residents living in 164 households.
Dilham falls within the
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
of
North Norfolk
North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer. The population at the 2011 Census was 101,149.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a ...
and is represented at
Parliament
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by
Duncan Baker MP of the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
.
Dilham marks the limit of Broads navigation for larger boats, but smaller boats can continue on the
North Walsham & Dilham Canal
The North Walsham and Dilham Canal is a waterway in the England, English county of Norfolk. It was authorised by Parliament in 1812, but work on the construction of a canal which ran parallel to a branch of the River Ant did not start until 18 ...
until
Honing.
St. Nicholas' Church
Dilham's parish church was almost entirely rebuilt in the Twentieth Century, with the ruins of an Anglo-Saxon
round-tower church
Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, mostly in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, six in Essex, three in Sussex and two each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshi ...
attached. Despite this, the Medieval
font
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In mod ...
and organ remain.
War Memorial
Dilham's war memorial takes the form of two carved marble plaques inside St. Nicholas' Church. The memorial lists the following names of the fallen for the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
:
* Lieutenant William J. Faulke (d.1918), 9th Battalion,
Royal Norfolk Regiment
The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...
* Lance-Corporal Harold Fiske (1893-1918), 2nd Battalion,
Essex Regiment
The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three. ...
* Private Frederick W. Durrant (1892-1917), 7th Battalion,
Border Regiment
The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot.
After service ...
* Private Arthur Morter (1886-1915), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
* Private Sidney Morter (1887-1915), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
* Private Lawson J. Dewing (1898-1919), 429th (Agricultural) Company,
Labour Corps
And, the following for the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
:
* Bombardier Gilbert Hannant (1882-1942), 1st Regiment,
Royal Horse Artillery
The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) was formed in 1793 as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (commonly termed Royal Artillery) to provide horse artillery support to the cavalry units of the British Army. (Although the cavalry link ...
* Gunner Bertie W. Mortimer (1920-1944), 72nd (Anti-Tank) Regiment,
Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...
* Private Basil A. Golder (1917-1942), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Sidney H. Fiske (1918-1942), 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Alexander B. Simpson (1915-1940), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
[ Smith, L. (2003). Retrieved December 23, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Dilham.html ]
References
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