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Ditchingham

Ditchingham proper noun: a village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3491).

Proper noun

Ditchingham

  1. A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3491).

Origin of Ditchingham

Recorded as Dicingaham in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the Old English personal name *Diċċa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Questions about Ditchingham

What does Ditchingham mean?
Ditchingham means a village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3491).
What part of speech is Ditchingham?
Ditchingham is a proper noun.

Words near Ditchingham in the dictionary

  1. Ditchfields
  2. ditchfinder
  3. ditchfinders
  4. ditching
  5. ditching out
  6. Ditchingham
  7. ditchings
  8. ditchless
  9. ditchlet
  10. ditchlets
  11. ditchlike

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