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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishBressingham St. John the Baptist 
HundredDiss 
Poor Law unionGuiltcross 

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:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1559-19151559-19151559-19011559-1878


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:


Maps

Online maps of Bressingham or Brissingham are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

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