Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DILHAM

DILHAM, a village and a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk. The village stands on the river North, 4 miles SE of North Walsham r. station, and 13 NE by N of Norwich; and carries on some trade in corn, malt, coal, and other matters. The parish comprises 1, 563 acres; and its post town is Worstead, under Norwich. Real property, £3, 537. Pop., 425. Houses, 99. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Honing., in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £272. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church was recently improved.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dilham AP/CP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Dilham

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