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Gissing, Norfolk

Historical Description

Gissing, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands near the G.E.R., 1½ mile N by E of Burston station, and 4½ miles NNE of Diss, and has a post office under Diss; money order and telegraph office, Diss. The parish comprises 2005 acres; population, 434. The manor belongs to Sir Kenneth Hagan Kemp, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £387 with residence. Patron, Sir K. H. Kemp, Bart. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Perpendicular style, has a round tower, and contains monuments of the Kemps. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Gissing 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 parishGissing St. Mary 
HundredDiss 
Poor Law unionDepwade 

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.


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 Gissing from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Gissing 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.

DistrictSouth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP22
Post TownDiss

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