Gressingham is a small village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. It is north of the River Lune and across the river from Hornby. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 153,[1] decreasing slightly to 151 at the 2011 census.[2]

Gressingham
Loyn Bridge
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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 54.123°N 2.656°W / 54.123; -2.656

St John the Evangelist's Church was originally built in the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. It was partly rebuilt in 1734, and restored by Edward Paley in 1862.[3]

The Gressingham Duck was named after the village of Gressingham, having been first bred here in 1980 from a cross of mallards and Pekin ducks.[4] However, the exclusive right to breed Gressingham Ducks was bought by Gressingham Foods in 1996, and the ducks they now produce are all from their farms in East Anglia.[5]

Notable people

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

See also

• Listed buildings in Gressingham

References

External links

Media related to Gressingham at Wikimedia Commons

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