GISSING, a parish in the hundred of Diss, county
of NORFOLK, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from Diss, containing
544 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in
the king's books at £14. 16. 5. The Rev. Sir W. R.
Kempe, Bart, was patron in 1816. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, has a low round tower at the west end.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
G1TTISHAM, a parish in the eastern division of the
hundred of BUDLEIGH, county of DEVON, 2 miles
(S. W. by W.) from Honiton, containing 351 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £21. 8. llf.,
and in the patronage of the Rev. T. Putt. Sir Thomas
Putt, in 1686, founded a charity school, and endowed
it with a rent-charge of £ 10 a year for teaching twenty
children.