Place:Dickleburgh, Norfolk, England

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Dickleburgh from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"DICKLEBURGH, a village and a parish in Depwade [registration] district, Norfolk. The village stands on the Roman road to Norwich, near an affluent of the river Waveney, 2 miles SW of Burston [railway] station, and 3½ NE by E of Diss; and has a post office under Scole. The parish includes also the hamlet of Langmere. Acres: 2,343. Real property: £4,034. Population: 895. Houses: 201. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Earl of Orford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £794. Patron: Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is a handsome edifice, with a square tower; and contains monuments to George Lee and the Turner family. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £27 from endowment; and other charities £56."

In 1974, as part of the nationwide reorganization of municipalities, Dickleburgh joined forces with the neighbouring parish of Rushall to become Dickleburgh and Rushall parish in the South Norfolk District of Norfolk. Dickleburgh is about 4 miles E.N.E. of Diss.

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Dickleburgh. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• A map illustrating the individual parishes of Diss Hundred may be useful.
• GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:

• England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
• England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
• England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
• England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
• England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901

• Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.

• Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
• Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940

• FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.