Place:Ditchingham, Norfolk, England

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NameDitchingham
Alt namesDitchinghamsource: from redirect
Dicingahamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 188
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.467°N 1.44°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoLoddon Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Loddon and Clavering Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Loddon Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
South Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

NOTE: There are references to Ditchingham in Suffolk but these are incorrect. The River Waveney has a large U-bend at this point and the town of Bungay is within this U-bend.


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Ditchingham is a village and and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located across the River Waveney from Bungay, Suffolk near to The Broads National Park.

The civil parish has an area of 8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi) and in the 2001 UK census had a population of 1614 in 695 households, increasing to 1,635 in 707 households at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the District of South Norfolk.

The novelist Sir H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925), author of King Solomon's Mines, lived in Ditchingham and was churchwarden there for several years. He was born in Kessingland, Suffolk and had connections with the church in Bungay.

Much of the land surrounding the village belongs to the Ditchingham Hall estate, the seat of Earl Ferrers. The current owner is Robert Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers.

Research Tips

  • 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.
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