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Great Dunham
Great Dunham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Great Dunham is located 4.8 miles (7.7 km) north-east of Swaffham and 23 miles (37 km) west of Norwich.
Great Dunham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the larger settlement on the hill.
In the Domesday Book, Great Dunham is listed alongside Little Dunham as a settlement of 76 households in the hundred of South Laundich. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I, Ralph de Tosny and Edmund, son of Payne.
In 1756, a smock mill was built in Great Dunham where it stood until it was burned down in an arson attack in 1840. The mill was replaced with a tower mill which fell into dereliction in 1926, today the mill has been restored.
Dunham Railway Station opened in 1848 on the Lynn and Dereham Railway and was finally closed in 1968.
According to the 2021 census, Great Dunham has a population of 372 people which shows an increase from the 344 people recorded in the 2011 census.
Great Dunham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the Fifteenth Century. St Andrew's is located within the village on Litcham Road and has been Grade I listed since 1960. The church holds Sunday services once a month.
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Great Dunham
Great Dunham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Great Dunham is located 4.8 miles (7.7 km) north-east of Swaffham and 23 miles (37 km) west of Norwich.
Great Dunham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the larger settlement on the hill.
In the Domesday Book, Great Dunham is listed alongside Little Dunham as a settlement of 76 households in the hundred of South Laundich. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I, Ralph de Tosny and Edmund, son of Payne.
In 1756, a smock mill was built in Great Dunham where it stood until it was burned down in an arson attack in 1840. The mill was replaced with a tower mill which fell into dereliction in 1926, today the mill has been restored.
Dunham Railway Station opened in 1848 on the Lynn and Dereham Railway and was finally closed in 1968.
According to the 2021 census, Great Dunham has a population of 372 people which shows an increase from the 344 people recorded in the 2011 census.
Great Dunham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the Fifteenth Century. St Andrew's is located within the village on Litcham Road and has been Grade I listed since 1960. The church holds Sunday services once a month.