About Diss
Since the time of the Domesday survey the town has been known as Dice, Dic, Dize, Disce, Dysse, Dis and Diss. The name may come from the Anglo-Saxon for a ditch, moat, dyke wall or earth or embankment referring to the Mere or to the bank on which the town began. Diss is now a successful, picturesque market town with parkland, play areas, live entertainment facilities, and it is the recent winner of the 'Best Kept Market Town in Norfolk'. Fine examples of period architecture can be enjoyed including timber-framed buildings and Georgian and Edwardian facades.