Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.5448°N 0.6267°W |
Official Name: | Didlington |
Population: | 48 |
Area Total Km2: | 11.07 |
Population Ref: | (2001 census[1]) |
Shire District: | Breckland |
Shire County: | Norfolk |
Region: | East of England |
Constituency Westminster: | South West Norfolk |
Post Town: | Thetford |
Postcode District: | IP26 |
Postcode Area: | IP |
Dial Code: | 01842 |
Os Grid Reference: | TL7821097350 |
Static Image: | St Michael's church, Didlington - geograph.org.uk - 396589.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
Static Image Caption: | St Michael's Church, Didlington |
Didlington is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom. It has an area of 11.07km2 with a population of 48.[1] At the 2011 Census the minimal population was included in the civil parish of Ickburgh.
The villages name possibly means 'farm/settlement of Duddel's people' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement connected with Duddel'.
The village is served by St Michael's Church in the Benefice of Cockley Cley.[2]
Didlington Hall was a country house, which at one point housed the Egyptological collections of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney.[3] Apart from the stables and a clock tower, it was demolished in the 1950s. A new house was built on the site in 2007.[4]
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