Place:Bressingham, Norfolk, England

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NameBressingham
Alt namesBrasinchamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 187
Bresingahamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 187
Bresinghamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 187
Brissinghamsource: John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.383°N 1.033°E
Located inNorfolk, England     ( - 1935)
See alsoDiss Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Guiltcross Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1902
Depwade Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1902-1935
Bressingham and Fersfield, Norfolk, Englandparish into which it was merged in 1935
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Bressingham is a village in the English county of Norfolk and is part of the parish of Bressingham and Fersfield within the district of South Norfolk. Bressingham was merged with the neighbouring parish of Fersfield in 1935.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bressingham from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BRESSINGHAM, or Brissingham, a parish in Guiltcross [registration] district, Norfolk; on the verge of the county, 2½ miles W of Diss, and 4 from Diss [railway] station. Post Town: Diss. Acres: 3,354. Real property: £5,101. Population: 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 has a lofty tower. A school has £13 and other charities £22."

Prior to the merger Bressingham covered 2,421 acres and in the 1931 UK census had a population of 439.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Bressingham.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Bressingham. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Diss Hundred.
  • GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
  • Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
  • Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
  • Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
  • FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.


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