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a market town in the southern parliamentary division of Norfolk, England; near the river Waveney (the boundary with Suffolk), 95 m. N.E. by N. from London by the Great Eastern railway. Pop. of urban district (Igor) 3745. The town lies pleasantly upon a hill rising above a mere, which drains to the Waveney, having its banks laid out as public gardens. The church of St Mary exhibits Decorated and Perpendicular stone and flint work. There is a corn exchange and the agricultural trade is considerable; brushes and matting are manufactured. The poet and satirist, John Skelton (d. 1529), was rector here in the later part of his life, and is doubtfully considered a native.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Diss'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/diss.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Diss'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/diss.html. 1910.
