Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bressingham like this:

BRESSINGHAM, or Brissingham, a parish in Guiltcross district, Norfolk; on the verge of the county, 2½ miles W of Diss, and 4 from Diss r. station. Post Town, Diss. Acres, 3,354. Real property, £5,101. Pop., 596. Houses, 137. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the Pilkingtons. There are remains of a large conduit, constructed by Sir Richard de Boyland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £455.* Patron,Bidwell, Esq. The church is old but good, and...

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has a lofty tower. A school has £13 and other charities £22.

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