Norfolk: Gissing

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Gissing is about 4 miles N.N.E. of Diss.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Redenhall, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Gissing was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Gissing Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Brighton, Verbena: Nuts 'n May: a childhood in a Norfolk village [Gissing].
[ISBN 0951697005, 1990]

Directories

Historical Geography

Gissing is in Diss hundred.

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Depwade Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Gissing became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham Market (Pulham St Mary Magdalen).

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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