Description
Bressingham or Brissingham, a parish in Norfolk, on the verge of the county, 2 1/2 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 and Wales, 1894-5
