Meanings
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3725).
Origin
From Old English steall (“fishing ground”) + either hām (“home, farm”) or hamm (“enclosure by the river”). Attested in 1086 the Domesday Book as Stalham.
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