Gressingham is a small village and

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 authority ...

in the

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in the English county of

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. It is north of the

River Lune The River Lune (archaically sometimes Loyne) is a river in length in Cumbria and Lancashire, England. Etymology Several elucidations for the origin of the name ''Lune'' exist. Firstly, it may be that the name is Brittonic in genesis and deriv ...

and across the river from

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. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 153, decreasing slightly to 151 at the 2011 census. St John the Evangelist's Church was originally built in the 12th century and is a

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. It was partly rebuilt in 1734, and restored by

Edward Paley Edward Graham Paley, usually known as E. G. Paley (3 September 1823 – 23 January 1895), was an English architect who practised in Lancaster, Lancashire, in the second half of the 19th century. After leaving school in 1838, he went to La ...

in 1862. The Gressingham Duck was named after the village of Gressingham, having been first bred here in 1980 from a cross of

mallards The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced species, introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Bra ...

and Pekin ducks. 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

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

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Geography of the City of Lancaster Civil parishes in Lancashire Villages in Lancashire Forest of Bowland {{Lancashire-geo-stub

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