BRESSINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of Diss,
county of NORFOLK, 2 miles (W.) from Diss, containing
702 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated
in the king's books at £15, and in the patronage of the
Duke of Norfolk. The church, dedicated to St. John the
Baptist, was rebuilt, with the exception of the chancel,
in 1527, having been commenced some time previously
by Sir Roger Pilkington, Knt., lord of the manor.
Conduit meadow, in this parish, is so called from a
spacious conduit, now in a ruinous state, constructed by
Sir Richard de Boyland, to supply some baths, and an
extensive moat which encompassed his grounds.