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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dillington like this:
DILLINGTON, a hamlet in East Dereham parish, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Wensum, 2 miles NNW of East Dereham. Real property, £598. Pop., 40. The Launditch house of industry is here.
Dillington is now part of BRECKLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRECKLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dillington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dillington, in Breckland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24966
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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