Dilham
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Coordinates: 52°46′05″N 1°27′22″E / 52.76815°N 1.45618°E
Dilham | |
Dilham St Nicholas |
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Dilham Dilham shown within Norfolk | |
Area | 6.55 km2 (2.53 sq mi) |
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Population | 301 |
- Density | 46 /km2 (120 /sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TG332245 |
Civil parish | Dilham |
District | North Norfolk District Council |
Shire county | Norfolk |
Region | East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORTH WALSHAM |
Postcode district | NR28 |
Dialling code | 01692 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
EU Parliament | East of England |
UK Parliament | North Norfolk |
Dilham is a village and civil parish covering an area of 6.55 km2 (2.53 sq mi) with a population of 301 in 128 homes as of the 2001 census.[1] It is on the River Ant just off the A149 road, near Stalham in Norfolk, England within The Broads. The name comes from the extensive fields of dill, a herb which was grown commercially here.
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.
Notes
- ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."
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