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Gressenhall Workhouse Museum. |
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Gressenhall
Gressenhall shown within Norfolk |
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| Area | 10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi) |
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| Population | 1,008 |
| - Density | 96 /km2 (250 /sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TF964166 |
| Parish | Gressenhall |
| District | Breckland |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DEREHAM |
| Postcode district | NR20 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Gressenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of 10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi) and had a population of 1008 in 443 households as of the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.
The village is on the River Whitewater close to East Dereham in Norfolk, England.
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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. The workhouse was a poor law institution. Its purpose was to provide a home and work for the poor local people who had nowhere to live. Gressenhall was constructed in 1776 and took one year to open.
Gressenhall has a post office, a pub (The Swan) and a church.