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From: Arthur Pickford <>
Subject: Re: GREAT CRESSINGHAM NORFOLK
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 22:11:02 +0100


Sheila

I have an 1837 Gazeteer which states......

Great Cressingham contains 449 inhabitants. It's name derives from a
small river or
creek, called by the Saxons " Grecca". In the norman survey it is
reckoned amongst the
lands of William, Bishop of Thetford. It changed hands considerably
after that.
The church is a handsome structure, in the later style of English
architecture, with a
well proportioned tower at the west end. The chancel appears to have
been originally
the body of an older church, to which the nave and the tower were added
towards the
close of the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th, as appears by
the date of a bequest by Nicholas Engswell of Swaffham.
About a mile from the village in a field called Stone Close,was the site
of an ancient parochial chapel, dedicated to ST.George, previously
belonging to a hermit, in right of which the rector holds an annual fair
for horses and toys on the first wednesday and Thursday in August. (I
can't see them letting the horses in now!!!)

Thats about it. Hope it helps.

carol

sheila wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Can anyone give me any information about Great Cressingham,
> many of my family gave this village as their address on both
> marriage and birth certificates.
>
> Are there any SADLER/ALDERTONS/GARRODS/NEWTON Families
> still living around this area of Norfolk.
>
> All information would be gratefully received.
>
> Cheers. from a Pom in Australia
>
> Sheila Forster.

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