Norfolk: Gresham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Gresham is about 4 miles S.W. of Cromer.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of North Erpingham (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Gresham.
See Trunch

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms.
Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1725-1812, Marriages 1742-1812 and Burials 1725-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages 1690-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 4.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Entwistle, Keith: Gresham Voices and Faces.
(Gresham in the 20th century).
[Gresham, Grasshopper 2000 (Gresham Millennium Fund), 2000]
The Grasshopper of Gresham: The story of the grasshopper and Sir Thomas Gresham.
Gresham Post Mill: Description, history and picture.
Gresham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Gresham is in North Erpingham hundred.

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Aylmerton

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Gresham became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

Schools

Gresham's School: See Holt.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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