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Elsing Mill was first built in 1809 and operated as a paper mill until 1818. The mill subsequently reopened in 1854 as a grain mill and remained open until 1970. Today, the mill building is a private residence.
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with the names of the fallen inscribed on a small plinth below, located inside St. Mary's Churchyard. The memorial was unveiled in August 1921 by a party of local dignitaries led by
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Elsing Hall was built in the late fifteenth century as a fortified manor house for the Hastings family of
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Some sources suggest that medieval Elsing had a large population with its own marketplace and guildhall.
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Pvt. Benjamin R. Wire (1894–1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
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inside. The hall was heavily restored in the mid nineteenth century by
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Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 28, 2022.
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Pvt. Matthew E. Bowes (d.1918), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
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and was built in the Fourteenth Century, largely as a mausoleum for
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and parts of a crossbow, with a good example of a sixteenth-century
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Elsing's war memorial takes the form of stone column topped with a
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Pvt. George Rix (1885–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
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of 1086, Elsing is listed as a settlement of 20 households in the
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Pvt. John C. Dack (d.1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
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Imperial War Museum. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022.
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dates from the mid-sixteenth century and is now closed.
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Elsing is located in Norfolk
Norfolk
2011 Census
Density
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TG051166
District
Breckland
Shire county
Norfolk
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
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NR20
Police
Norfolk
Fire
Norfolk
Ambulance
East of England
UK Parliament
Mid Norfolk
UK
England
Norfolk

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