Hassingham is a small village in the county of
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, England, about ten miles east of
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
. The village population is included in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Strumpshaw
Strumpshaw is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the northern bank of the River Yare around south-east of Norwich. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 602 in 245 households at the 20 ...
.
The villages name means 'Homestead/village of Hasu's people'.
Its church, St Mary, is one of 124 existing
round-tower churches in
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. The best-known former incumbent of Hassingham is the Rev.
William Haslam, a nineteenth-Century evangelical, better known as the Vicar who was converted by his own sermon. Haslam held the living, together with that of nearby
Buckenham from 1863 to 1871, having been presented to the living by Sir Thomas Beauchamp of
Langley Hall. During Haslam's ministry in Hassingham, it was said that most of the population of this small village professed evangelical conversion. Haslam was supported by his wife and the preacher Catherine Hooper who they had met in Bath.
Rail access
The nearest station is
Buckenham railway station
Buckenham railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the village of Buckenham in Norfolk. It is down the line from on the routes to and and is situated between and . Its three-letter station code is BUC.
The s ...
on the
Wherry Line
The Wherry Lines are railway branch lines in the East of England, linking to and . There are 14 stations including the three termini. They form part of Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.11 and are classified as a rural line.
The line ...
.
Notes
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Hassingham
External links
St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches Website
Villages in Norfolk
Broadland
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