Where is Great Cressingham?

Great Cressingham is in Norfolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP25), in the parish of Little Cressingham.

Is Great Cressingham a protected site?

Yes — Great Cressingham is part of the Breckland Forest SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Breckland Farmland SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Is Great Cressingham free to visit?

Yes, Great Cressingham is free to enter.

How do I get to Great Cressingham?

Drivers can navigate to postcode IP25. It sits within the South West Norfolk parliamentary constituency.

Towns & cities · East of England

Great Cressingham

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Great Cressingham — village in Norfolk, England, UK.

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Great Cressingham is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 10 km². Recent population estimates put it at around 279 people. Address: IP25. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Norfolk, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.5656°, 0.7645°.

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Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Breckland Forest SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest: Breckland Farmland SSSI

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Great Cressingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Great Cressingham is located 6 miles (10 km) south of Swaffham and 24 miles (39 km) west of Norwich.

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Background

History

Great Cressingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the larger settlement of Cressa's people. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Great Cressingham is listed as a settlement of 49 households in the hundred of South Greenhoe. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Count Alan of Brittany, William d'Ecouis, Bishop of Thetford and Ralph de Tosny. Priory Farm is the former site of a Fifteenth Century manor house which was owned by the Priory of Norwich. A school was founded in Great Cressingham in 1840, it was closed in 1992. After its closure, the school was bought by Tom & Sally North who restored the school to its Victorian state and keep it…

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Coordinates: 52.5656, 0.7645
County: Norfolk
District: Breckland
Parish: Little Cressingham
Postcode: IP25
Parliamentary constituency: South West Norfolk
Population: 279
Official site: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk

Sources

wikidata: Q378220 (CC0)
wikipedia: Great Cressingham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: St Marys church in Great Cressingham (geograph 2107771).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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