Wood Dalling
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.80009|1.09736|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TG089270
| official_name = Wood Dalling
| population = 209
| area_total_km2 = 9.89
| shire_district = Broadland
| shire_county = Norfolk
| region = East of England
| civil_parish = Wood Dalling
| constituency_westminster = Broadland
| postcode_district = NR11
| postcode_area = NR
| post_town = NORWICH
| dial_code = 01263
|static_image_name = St Andrew, Wood Dalling, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 321187.jpg
|static_image_width =
|static_image_caption= Church of St Andrew, Wood Dalling
}}
{{Short description|Village in Norfolk, England}}
Wood Dalling is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is located {{convert|8|mi|km}} south of Holt and {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of Reepham, the nearest market towns.
History
The village's name means 'Dalla's people'; the use of 'Wood' distinguishes it from nearby Field Dalling.{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Wood%20Dalling |title = Key to English Place-names}}
Two places in the parish are mentioned in the Domesday Book: [https://opendomesday.org/place/TG0827/wood-dalling/ Dalling] and [https://opendomesday.org/place/TG0828/tyby/ Tyby].
Geography
The civil parish has an area of {{convert|3.82|mi2|abbr=on}} and in the 2001 census had a population of 181 in 78 households, increasing to 209 in 91 households by the 2011 census.
Adjacent parishes include Guestwick, Heydon, Salle and Thurning
Governance
For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }}. Retrieved 2 December 2005. The parish includes the hamlets of Norton Corner and Tyby.{{fact|date=May 2021}}
The parish formed part of the hundred of Eynesford. Today, the parish forms part of the ward of Eynesford, which returns a councillor to Broadland District Council.[https://www.broadland.gov.uk/downloads/file/1798/polling_districts_and_parishes Broadland District Council] Polling districts, wards and parishes (2019)
Wood Dalling lies within the constituency of Broadland and is represented at Parliament by Jerome Mayhew of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.
Amenities
There is a village hall, with a post office at Norton Corner.[https://wooddallingvillagehalldotcom.wordpress.com/ Wood Dalling Village Hall]
The Wood Dalling Cycle Loop is a waymarked circular cycle trail along lanes around the parish and its immediate environs.[http://www.marriottsway.info/assets/Uploads/98-All-3.pdf] pages 21 and 22
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Wood Dalling}}
- [http://www.reephambenefice.org.uk/wooddallingchurch.html Wood Dalling Church Website - Reepham Benefice]
- [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wood_dalling/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Wood Dalling
{{Civil Parishes of Broadland}}
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Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk
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