Gressenhall

Gressenhall

Gressenhall is a small village on the River Whitewater close to East Dereham in Norfolk, England. The Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse museum is located here, and a watermill dating from 1847.The main buildings of the Gressenhall workhouse were built in 1777 when it was a house of industry. Here paupers would work under quite a strict regime in return for accommodation.

This changed after the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834: as a result the building underwent numerous changes to comply with the Act.

Gressenhall has a post office, a pub ("The Swan") and a church.

* [http://www.gressenhallchurch.org.uk St Mary's Church (Anglican), Gressenhall]

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