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"GRESSENHALL, a village and parish on the Litcham road, 3 miles N.W. of East Dereham, had 957 inhabitants, in 1841, including 242 in Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse . . . The parish contains 2,582A. of land, including 350A. 33P., which anciently formed part of the dissolved parish of Great Bittering. The manors, are North and South Soken and Rougholm, of which J.D.H. Hill, Esq., is lord; and Hareford's, of which A.C. Spurgeon, Esq., is lord, but part of the soil belongs to other proprietors. The CHURCH, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, is a large structure, in the cathedral form, with a short but massive tower, rising in the centre, and formerly surmounted by a spire, which was taken down in 1698. . . . The rectory is valued in the King's Book at £15.13s.4d., and is in the patronage of King's College, Cambridge, and the incumbency of the Rev. Dennis Hill, who rebuilt the Rectory House, about 1808." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Susan Well]
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- Carrington, A.C.
- A record of the monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard of St Mary, Gressenhall, with plan.
[ISBN 0950763101, Gressenhall, Gressenhall News and Views, Women's Institutes Churchyard Project, 1980-1981]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse was in this parish.
- 1881: Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse
- 1891: Gressenhall: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891: Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1901: Gressenhall: Surname List
- 1901: Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse: Surname List
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brisley, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
There was also a chapel at Rougholm, dedicated to St Nicholas.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Description and pictures.
- Chapel of St Nicholas
- Description and pictures.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church. - Jolly, Cyril
- The Story of Gressenhall Methodist Church, or God's Cottage.
[Gressenhall, 1985]
- Purple, Jennifer J.
- Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Gressenhall, Norfolk.
Transcribed and indexed. - Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Gressenhall was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.
- Gressenhall Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Gressenhall Smock Mill
- Description.
- Puddy, Eric
- The history of Gressenhall Mill and Mill House.
[Ipswich, East Anglian Magazine, 1966]
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1850: Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Carrington, A.C. and Carrington, B.I.
Directory of Gressenhall.
[ISBN 0950763136, East Dereham, Gressenhall News and Views, 1983]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Gressenhall to another place.
Gressenhall is in Launditch Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Launditch Hundred
- Description of Launditch Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Great Britain: Statute
- Beetley, Great Bittering and Gressenhall Inclosure Act, 1774.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing, the open and common fields, crofts, brecks and other half year closes, in the parishes of Beetley, Great Bittering and Gressenhall, in the county of Norfolk within the liberty of Sheepwalk, called Beetley Sheepwalk; and for dividing, allotting and inclosing certain commons and waste lands, within the said parish of Beetley.
[1774] - Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims: Gressenhall and Great Bittering (79), and East Bilney (25).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1811.
[1811] - Great Britain: Statute
- Gressenhall, East Bilney and Great Bittering Inclosure Act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Gressenhall, East Bilney, and Great Bittering, in the county of Norfolk: 4th April 1811.
[1811]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF965166 (Lat/Lon: 52.711339, 0.906805), Gressenhall which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Carrington, A. and Carrington, B.
- Gressenhall News and Views.
[ISSN 02614308, Gressenhall, 1977-]
After 1834 Gressenhall became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was in this parish.
- Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
- Description, events, opening times, etc.
- Mitford and Launditch Union
- Parishes in the union, their arrangements for the poor before 1834, etc.
- Mitford and Launditch Union and Workhouse
- Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
- Mitford and Launditch Union and Workhouse
- Description and pictures.
- Mitford and Launditch Union and Workhouse
- Staff, inmates, plan of the buildings, etc.
- Pope, Stephen
- Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse.
[ISBN 0946148740, Cromer, Poppyland Publishing, 2006] - Pope, Stephen
- Gressenhall Workhouse Laundry.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society (NIAS), in NIAS Journal vol.7 no.5, 2005] - Reid, Andy
- Gressenhall Workhouse, an historical introduction.
[Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, 2002] - Reid, Andy
- The Union Workhouse: A Study Guide for Teachers and Local Historians.
Includes the Mitford and Launditch Union at Gressenhall, the Depwade Union at Pulham Market, and the Loddon and Clavering Union at Heckingham.
[ISBN 0850339146, Chichester, Phillimore, for the British Association for Local History, 1994]