# Wood Dalling

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**Wood Dalling** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk), England. It is located 8 miles (13 km) south of [Holt](/source/Holt,_Norfolk) and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of [Reepham](/source/Reepham,_Norfolk), the nearest market towns.

## History

The village's name means 'Dalla's people'; the use of '[Wood](/source/Wood)' distinguishes it from nearby [Field Dalling](/source/Field_Dalling).[1]

Two places in the parish are mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book): [Dalling](https://opendomesday.org/place/TG0827/wood-dalling/) and [Tyby](https://opendomesday.org/place/TG0828/tyby/).

## Geography

The civil parish has an area of 3.82 sq mi (9.9 km2) and in the [2001 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001) had a population of 181 in 78 households, increasing to 209 in 91 households by the [2011 census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census).

Adjacent parishes include [Guestwick](/source/Guestwick), [Heydon](/source/Heydon,_Norfolk), [Salle](/source/Salle,_Norfolk) and [Thurning](/source/Thurning,_Norfolk)

## Governance

For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [district](/source/Non-metropolitan_district) of [Broadland](/source/Broadland).[2] The parish includes the hamlets of Norton Corner and Tyby.[citation needed]

The parish formed part of the [hundred](/source/Hundred_(county_division)) of Eynesford. Today, the parish forms part of the [ward](/source/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom) of Eynesford, which returns a councillor to Broadland District Council.[3]

Wood Dalling lies within the [constituency](/source/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) of [Broadland](/source/North_Norfolk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and is represented at [Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) by [Jerome Mayhew](/source/Jerome_Mayhew) of the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)). For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [district](/source/Non-metropolitan_district) of [Broadland.](/source/North_Norfolk)

## Amenities

There is a [village hall](/source/Village_hall), with a post office at Norton Corner.[4]

The *Wood Dalling Cycle Loop* is a waymarked circular cycle trail along lanes around the parish and its immediate environs.[5]

## References

1. ["Key to English Place-names"](http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Wood%20Dalling)

1. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). *[Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes](http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls) 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine*. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

1. [Broadland District Council](https://www.broadland.gov.uk/downloads/file/1798/polling_districts_and_parishes) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190927185540/https://www.broadland.gov.uk/downloads/file/1798/polling_districts_and_parishes) 27 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine Polling districts, wards and parishes (2019)

1. [Wood Dalling Village Hall](https://wooddallingvillagehalldotcom.wordpress.com/)

1. [\[1\]](http://www.marriottsway.info/assets/Uploads/98-All-3.pdf) pages 21 and 22

## External links

- [Wood Dalling Church Website - Reepham Benefice](http://www.reephambenefice.org.uk/wooddallingchurch.html)
- [Information from Genuki Norfolk](http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/w/wood_dalling/) on Wood Dalling

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