Dilham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 4.3 miles south-east of North Walsham and 12 miles north-east of Norwich, and is situated on the River Ant.

History

Dilham's name is of

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origin and derives from the

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for a farmstead or homestead with an abundance of dill. In the Domesday Book, Dilham is listed as a settlement of 23 households in the hundred of Tunstead. The village was divided between the estates of Alan of Brittany, Robert Malet, Roger Bigod and

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. 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

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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

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and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party. Dilham marks the limit of Broads navigation for larger boats, but smaller boats can continue on the North Walsham & Dilham Canal until Honing.

St. Nicholas' Church

Dilham's parish church was almost entirely rebuilt in the Twentieth Century, with the ruins of an Anglo-Saxon

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attached. Despite this, the Medieval

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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: * Lieutenant William J. Faulke (d.1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Lance-Corporal Harold Fiske (1893-1918), 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment * Private Frederick W. Durrant (1892-1917), 7th Battalion, Border Regiment * 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: * Bombardier Gilbert Hannant (1882-1942), 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery * Gunner Bertie W. Mortimer (1920-1944), 72nd (Anti-Tank) Regiment, Royal Artillery * 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

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