Wood Dalling is a village and

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, England. It is located south of

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and north of Reepham, the nearest market towns. The villages name means 'Dalla's people'. '

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' distinguish from

Field Dalling Field Dalling is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located west of Holt, Norfolk, Holt and north-west of Norwich. History Dalling's name is of Anglo-Saxon and derives from the Old English for the settl ...

. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 181 in 78 households, increasing to a population of 209 in 91 households at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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. The parish includes the hamlets of Norton Corner and Tyby. The parish formed part of the

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of Eynesford. Today, the parish forms part of the

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of Eynesford, which returns a councillor to Broadland District Council. Two places in the parish are mentioned in the

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Adjacent parishes include

Guestwick Guestwick is a villageOS Explorer Map 238 Dereham & Aylsham. and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-west of Cromer, north-west of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies west of the nearby town o ...

, Heydon, Salle and Thurning. There is a

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, with part-time post office, at Norton Corner. There is a waymarked circular cycle trail along lanes around the parish and its immediate environs — the Wood Dalling Cycle Loop.
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