English Heritage sites near Gissing Parish
SAXTEAD GREEN POST MILL
15 miles from Gissing Parish
Saxtead Green Post Mill is a corn mill, whose whole body revolves on its base and was one of many built in Suffolk from the late 13th century.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
16 miles from Gissing Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE
16 miles from Gissing Parish
Framlingham Castle is a magnificent 12th century fortress with a long and colourful past which makes a fascinating family day out in Suffolk.
THETFORD PRIORY
18 miles from Gissing Parish
The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.
THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
18 miles from Gissing Parish
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
19 miles from Gissing Parish
Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.
Churches in Gissing Parish
Gissing: St Mary
Pubs in Gissing Parish
Crown Inn
Lower Street, Gissing, IP22 5UJ
(01379) 677718
gissingcrown.co.uk