Didlington Explained

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]

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Didlington

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls . dead . 11 February 2017 . Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council . 2001 . 20 June 2009 . (Excel XLS format)
  2. http://www.norwich.anglican.org/church?benefice=194 Benefice of Cockley Cley
  3. Book: Parkinson . R. B. . Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry: Among Other Histories . 2009 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-1-4051-2547-5 . en.
  4. Web site: Kingsley . Nick . (122) Tyssen-Amherst (later Cecil) of Didlington Hall and Foulden Hall, Barons Amherst of Hackney . Landed families of Britain and Ireland . 11 May 2014.