Dilham, Norfolk Genealogy

England Norfolk Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
DILHAM (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the incorporation of Tunstead and Happing, hundred of Tunstead, E. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (S. E.) from North Walsham.

Dilham St Nicholas is an Ancient parish in the Waxham deanery of the Diocese of Norwich. One of the 124 surviving round tower churches of Norfolk.

Four or five churches have stood on the site of St Nicholas Church. The first recorded church (it is thought there was an earlier religious building there)was built by William de Glanville c1125. The second larger edifice with a tower was built by Sir Roger Gyney c1370. After falling into disrepair this church was demolished in 1835. Another church was built shortly after but in turn this was found unsound and the present church was built by Cornish &amp; Gaymer in 1931.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


 * Tunstead 1837-1869
 * Smallburgh 1870-1938
 * North Walsham 1939-1974

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 188 /1-8

Census records
http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/Dilham.htm transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
For Tunstead and Happing see http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/smallburgh_workhouse.htm

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * Dilham on GenUKI
 * http://www.achurchnearyou.com/dilham-st-nicholas/ History of Church and Parish]
 * British History online
 * Norfolk Churches website