Editing Dilham (section)

==History==
Dilham's name is of [[Anglo-Saxon]] origin, and derives from the [[Old English]] for a farmstead or homestead with an abundance of [[dill]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Dilham |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}} </ref>

In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, Dilham is listed as a settlement of 23 households in the [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of [[Tunstead, Norfolk|Tunstead]]. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of [[Alan Rufus|Alan of Brittany]], [[Robert Malet]], [[Roger Bigod of Norfolk|Roger Bigod]] and [[St Benet's Abbey]].<ref> {{Cite web |title=Dilham {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3325/dilham/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=opendomesday.org}} </ref>

Nearby [[Dilham Castle]] was built in the fifteenth century as a fortified manor house for Sir Henry Inglose; all that remains of the castle is the [[listed building|Grade II listed]] tower currently attached to Hall Farm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TOWER AT DILHAM HALL, Dilham - 1049158 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1049158?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Medieval tower and wall at Dilham Hall, Dilham - 1017668 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017668?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>

During the [[Second World War]], the [[North Walsham and Dilham Canal]] was designated as a line of defence against a possible [[Nazi Germany|German]] invasion which meant that bunkers, barbed wire and mortar-emplacements were built in the parish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNF17022 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF17022 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MNF32559 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF32559 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>