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.
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 | Gissing St. Mary | |
Hundred | Diss | |
Poor Law union | Depwade |
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:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Gissing (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Gissing 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.