HASSINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of BLOFIELD, county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Acle, containing 103 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated with that of Buckenham, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £4, endowed with £200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.