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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gresham like this:
GRESHAM, a parish in Erpiunham district, Norfolk; 5 miles SW of Cromer, and 9½ NW of North Walsham r. station. Post town, Cromer, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 303. Real property, £1, 797. Pop., 345. Houses, 84. The property is divided among a few. The Gresham family, of whom was Sir Thomas Gresham, are supposed to have had their game from this parish; and the poet Chaucer had property here. ...
Remains exist of an embattled mansion which belonged, in the time of Edward II., to the Bacons. Lime is worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £321. * Patron, the Rev. Mr. Spurgin. The church is decorated English, in good condition; has a round tower; and contains a curiously sculptured font.
Gresham is now part of NORTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gresham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gresham, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3420
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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