Diss travel guide

This article is about the English town. 'Diss' may also be shorthand for dissertation.
Diss is a town (population 6742) on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in England.
It lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a mere (lake) that covers 6 acres (24,000 m²). The mere is up to 18 feet (5 m) deep (although there is another 51 feet (16 m) of mud, making it one of the deepest natural inland lakes in England). The town may take its name from the Saxon term for lake, or from an old Viking word meaning 'village of the dancing horse'.
Diss has a large number of historic buildings, including the early 14th century parish church. It is also home to a museum. Diss railway station lies on the Great Eastern Main Line route from London to Norwich.
Famous people from Diss include John Skelton, a former poet laureate whose poem http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/Poems/ware_the_hawk.htm Ware the Hawk is set in St, Mary's Church. Others include Thomas Lord, founder of Lord's Cricket Ground and England defender Matthew Upson. Frequent visitors include the actor Dexter Fletcher who has called the town 'the jewel in Norfolk's crown'.
Opposite the fourteenth-century parish church of St. Mary The Virgin stands a sixteenth-century building known as the Dolphin House. This was one of the most important buildings in the town. It's impressive dressed-oak beams denote it to be a high-status building, possibly a wool merchant's house. Formerly a pub, the Dolphin, from the 1800s to the 1960s, the building now houses a number of small businesses. (...) more....

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