Dickleburgh is a village and former
civil parish, now in the parish of
Dickleburgh and Rushall, in the
South Norfolk district of the
English county of
Norfolk. The village is located 3.5 miles east of
Diss
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and 17 miles south-west of
Norwich. In 2021 it had a population of 1166. In 1931 the parish had a population of 679.
History
Dickleburgh is situated upon what was once
Pye Road, the
Roman road that ran from
Venta Icenorum, near
Caistor St. Edmund
Caistor St Edmund is a village and former civil parish on the River Tas, in Norfolk, England. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 270 people in 116 households at the 2001 Census which increased to 289 people by the 2011 Census ...
, to
Camulodunum.
Dickleburgh's name is of
Anglo-Saxon
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origin and derives from the
Old English
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for 'Dicle's' or 'Dicla's' fortification.
In the
Domesday Book, Dickleburgh is listed as a settlement of 22 households in the
hundred of Diss. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England, until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. It is in the town that grew up around it, Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk, England. It was ...
.
In 1780, Dickleburgh Mill opened which was turned into one of Britain's first steam-powered mills in 1834. The mill continued to expand throughout the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, generating its own electricity and providing subsidised housing for employees in the village. The mill closed in 1988 with the land being bought by
Wimpey Homes for residential redevelopment.
Geography
According to the
2011 Census, the ward of Dickleburgh had a population of 2,814 residents living in 1,221 households.
[ Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 23, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E05005893 ]
Dickleburgh falls within the
constituency
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of
South Norfolk and is represented at
Parliament by
Richard Bacon MP of the
Conservative Party.
All Saints' Church
Dickleburgh's parish church dates largely to the Fifteenth Century with the tower dating to an earlier period, the church also features examples of stained glass installed by
Hardman & Co..
Amenities
Dickleburgh has a
public house, The Crown, a village shop with post office, plus a fish and chip shop.
Village groups include the Friends of Dickleburgh School, The Village Society and The Luncheon Club.
Dickleburgh Bowls Club compete in three local leagues with Dickleburgh Football Club no longer in operation.
The majority of local children attend Dickleburgh Church of England Primary School, which holds an 'Outstanding' rating from
Ofsted
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. The majority of children attend
Diss High School
Diss High School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Diss, Norfolk, England. The school has approximately 931 pupils from ages 11 to 18.
Main school
The school is split into two main blocks designated ''A'' an ...
for secondary education.
Notable Residents
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Bob Flowerdew- British gardener and radio presenter
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George Cattermole- British painter and illustrator
References
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Villages in Norfolk
Former civil parishes in Norfolk
South Norfolk