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Great Cressingham
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.
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 open for educational visits.
The Olde Windmill Inn has been open in the village since 1789.
According to the 2021 census, Great Cressingham has a population of 439 people which shows an increase from the 421 people recorded in the 2011 census.
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Great Cressingham
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.
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 open for educational visits.
The Olde Windmill Inn has been open in the village since 1789.
According to the 2021 census, Great Cressingham has a population of 439 people which shows an increase from the 421 people recorded in the 2011 census.