Place:Dilham, Norfolk, England

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NameDilham
Alt namesDillamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 188
TypeVillage
Coordinates52.768°N 1.457°E
Located inNorfolk, England
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dilham is a village and civil parish in The Broads of Norfolk, England. At the 2001 census it covered an area of with a population of 301 in 128 homes, increasing to a population of 319 at the 2011 Census. It is on the River Ant just off the A149 road, near Stalham. The name means 'Dill homestead/village' or 'hemmed-in land where dill grows'. It is the limit of Broads navigation for larger boats, but small boats, and especially non-powered boats, can travel on the North Walsham & Dilham Canal until Honing.

Its church, St Nicholas, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. Attached to the nearby Dilham Hall is a fifteenth-century tower, all that remains of Dilham Castle, a fifteenth-century fortified house.

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