Gressingham

Gressingham
Gressingham
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	Gressingham Location in the City of Lancaster district Gressingham Location in the Forest of Bowland AONB Gressingham Location within Lancashire
Population	151 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD571699
Civil parish	Gressingham;
District	Lancaster;
Shire county	Lancashire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LANCASTER
Postcode district	LA2
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Morecambe and Lunesdale;
	List of places UK England Lancashire 54°07′23″N 2°39′22″W / 54.123°N 2.656°W

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]

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