Gressingham Explained

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Official Name:Gressingham
Population:151
Population Ref:(2011)
Country:England
Coordinates:54.123°N -2.656°W
Civil Parish:Gressingham
Shire District:Lancaster
Shire County:Lancashire
Region:North West England
Post Town:LANCASTER
Postcode Area:LA
Postcode District:LA2
Dial Code:01524
Constituency Westminster:Morecambe and Lunesdale
Os Grid Reference:SD571699
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom City of Lancaster#United Kingdom Forest of Bowland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the City of Lancaster district##Location in the Forest of Bowland AONB
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Gressingham is a small village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster In the 2001 census, it had a population of 153,[1] decreasing slightly to 151 at the 2011 census.

St John the Evangelist's Church was originally built in the 12th century. It was partly rebuilt in 1734, and restored by Edward Paley in 1862.

Notable people

John Young Stratton (1829/30 – 1905): author, essayist, social reformer and campaigner against rural poverty.

In 1903, the cost of the new 35-foot Liverpool-class lifeboat at Skerries Lifeboat Station in County Dublin, was met by a legacy gift from the Rev. W. S. Maynard of Gressingham, and named William Maynard (ON 493).[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish headcount . 2008-04-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061210214612/http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf . 10 December 2006 .
  2. Additional Stations and New Life-Boats . The Lifeboat . 2 November 1903 . XVIII . 210 . 838 . 14 November 2024.