Gressingham

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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.[2]

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.[3]

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).[4]

See also

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