Bressingham or Brissingham, Norfolk
Historical Description
Bressingham or Brissingham, a parish in Norfolk, on the verge of the county, 2½ miles W of Diss, and 3 from Diss station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Diss, the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 2421; population, 553. There are remains of a large conduit, constructed by Sir Richard de Boyland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £357 with residence. The church is an old building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style, and has a lofty tower. There are also Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels. Bressingham Hall is a chief residence.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Bressingham St. John the Baptist | |
Hundred | Diss | |
Poor Law union | Guiltcross |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Bressingham:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1559-1915 | 1559-1915 | 1559-1901 | 1559-1878 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bressingham or Brissingham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bressingham (St. John the Baptist))
Maps
Online maps of Bressingham or Brissingham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.