Didlington
Village in Norfolk, England
title: "Didlington" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-norfolk", "civil-parishes-in-norfolk", "breckland-district"] description: "Village in Norfolk, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-norfolk" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didlington" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Norfolk, England ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | England |
| coordinates | |
| official_name | Didlington |
| area_total_km2 | 11.07 |
| 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 |
| :: |
| country = England | coordinates = | official_name = Didlington | population = | area_total_km2 = 11.07 | population_ref = | 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 is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk.
Didlington is located 11 mi north-west of Thetford and 29 mi west of Norwich.
History
Didlington's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon origin deriving from the Old English for 'the farm or settlement of Duddel's people.'
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Didlington is recorded as a settlement of 51 households in the hundred of South Greenhoe. In 1086, the village was part of the estate of William de Warenne and Ralph de Limesy.
Didlington Hall was once the residence of William Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst who amassed a significant Egyptological collection. The house was re-modelled between 1879 and 1886 by Richard Norman Shaw and was used by the 7th Armoured Division during the Second World War. The house was demolished in the 1950s, though the stables and clock-tower remain.
Geography
As the parish has a minimal population, it has been recorded in census data along with the nearby parish of Ickburgh.
The village is located along the River Wissey.
St. Michael's Church
Didlington's parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Michael's has been Grade I listed since 1960.
St. Michael's was heavily restored in the Victorian era and still hosts a set of royal arms from the reign of Queen Victoria alongside a font made of Purbeck Marble dating from the Thirteenth Century.
Governance
Didlington is part of the electoral ward of Bedingfield for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.
The village's national constituency is South West Norfolk which has been represented by Labour's Terry Jermy MP since 2024.
War Memorial
Didlington's war memorial is a small plaque inside St. Michael's Church which lists the following names for the First World War: ::data[format=table title=""]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of death | Burial/Commemoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pte. | Albert R. Corbett | 1st Bn., Essex Regiment | 22 Apr. 1917 | Cologne Southern Cemetery |
| Pte. | Richard L. Hughes | 4th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment | 5 May 1918 | Cologne Southern Cemetery |
| :: |
References
References
- "Key to English Place-names".
- "Didlington {{!}} Domesday Book".
- Parkinson, R. B.. (2009-02-17). "Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry: Among Other Histories". John Wiley & Sons.
- Kingsley, Nick. (2014-05-11). "Landed families of Britain and Ireland: (122) Tyssen-Amherst (later Cecil) of Didlington Hall and Foulden Hall, Barons Amherst of Hackney".
- "Didlington (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
- {{NHLE
- "Norfolk Churches".
- "Geograph:: Denton to Dunton cum Doughton :: War Memorials in Norfolk".
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