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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gissing like this:
GISSING, a village and a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk. The village stands near the Eastern Union railway, 1½ mile N by E of Burston r. station, and 4½ NNE of Diss; and has a post office under Diss, and a fair on 25 July. The parish comprises 1, 981 acres. Real property, £3, 639; of which £250 are on the railway. ...
Pop., 481. Houses, 107. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Rev. Sir W. R. Kemp, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rev. Sir W. R. Kemp. The church is ancient but good; has a round tower; and contains monuments of the Kemps. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Gissing is now part of SOUTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gissing itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gissing, in South Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1699
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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