Bessingham

Bessingham
Bessingham
 Bessingham shown within Norfolk
Civil parishBessingham
DistrictNorth Norfolk
Shire countyNorfolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Norwich
Postcode district NR11
EU Parliament East of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°53′14″N 1°13′18″E / 52.887156°N 1.221542°E / 52.887156; 1.221542

Bessingham St Mary

Bessingham is a village in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It lies 8 mi (13 km) north-north-west of Aylsham and 5 mi (8.0 km) south-south-west of Cromer.[1] It forms part of the civil parish of Sustead (where the population is included).

The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin (and for a short while after the Reformation to St. Andrew), is one of the oldest round tower churches in England and was restored in 1869.[2]

The manor was acquired by the Paston family, who are chiefly remember for their fifteenth-century letters, and later the Anson family, and in 1766 the village's main estate was purchased by John Spurrell, a yeoman farmer from neighbouring Thurgarton. The Spurrells expanded the estate and in 1870 Daniel Spurrell built a new Manor House, which became derelict after the estate was sold in 1970.[3][4] It has since been restored and now operates as self-catering holiday accommodation.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, p. 245
  2. ↑ Hart, Stephen, The Round Church Towers of England, 2003
  3. ↑ Spurrell, Jonathan, Bessingham:The Story of a Norfolk Estate, 1766-1970, 2016
  4. ↑ http://www.bessinghamhistory.org
  5. ↑ http://www.bessinghammanor.uk


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