Dalham is a village and civil parish in the

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district of

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, England. The name, meaning 'homestead/village in a valley' is of

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origin and first recorded in the Domesday Book. Dalham is west of the town of

Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market town, market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – ...

and, at the 2001 census, had a population of 191,. increasing to 210 at the 2011 Census. The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. Th
Icknield Way Trail
a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.

Dalham Hall

In 1901 the estate of

Dalham Hall Dalham Hall is a country house and estate, located in the village of Dalham, Suffolk, near Newmarket, and west of Bury St Edmunds. Owners of the Dalham estate have included: *c.1050-1240 Peche Family *1240-1320 English Crown Estate (from 1303, ...

was bought by

Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his Br ...

. 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. Dalham Hall and its associated stud are owned by the ruler of Dubai,

Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Notable residents

Gilbert Affleck Gilbert Affleck (c. 1684 – 12 November 1764), of Dalham Hall, Suffolk, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1741. Affleck was the eldest surviving son of John Affleck, of Fort St. George, India, and ...

c. 1684 – 1764, Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge * Philip Affleck c. 1726 – 1799, Admiral, commander-in-chief of the Jamaica Station and Lord of the Board of Admiralty

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Villages in Suffolk Forest Heath Civil parishes in Suffolk {{Suffolk-geo-stub