Great Fransham is a village in the civil parish of Fransham, in the Breckland district, in the English county of Norfolk
Great Fransham is located west of Dereham and west of Norwich.
History Great Fransham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the larger Fram's homestead or village.
In the Domesday Book, Great and Little Fransham are listed together as a settlement of 56 households in the hundred of Laundich. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William de Warenne and Ralph de Tosney.
Hyde Hall in Great Fransham was built in the Eighteenth Century and has staircases that have been designated of national importance.
Fransham Railway Station opened in 1848 as part of the Lynn and Dereham Railway. The station closed in 1968 as part of the Beeching Cuts.
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged to form Fransham.
Geography In 1931 the parish had a population of 222, this was the last time separate population statistics were collected for Great Fransham as in 1935 the parish was abolished.
All Saints' Church Great Fransham's church dates from the Thirteenth Century, is located on Station Road and has been Grade II* listed since 1960. All Saints' remains open for Sunday services once a month.
The interior of All Saints' is mostly simple in design except for a Fifteenth Century font and some well preserved brass memorials of Sir Geoffrey de Fransham (1415) and Cecily Legge (1500).
Governance Fransham is part of the electoral ward of Launditch for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.
The village's national constituency is South West Norfolk which has been represented by Labour's Terry Jermy MP since 2024.
War Memorial Great Fransham's war memorial are a set of metal plaques in All Saints' Church which list the following names for the First World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/Commemoration2Lt.Bertie E. Abbs7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment26 Mar. 1918Pozières MemorialPte.W. George Lincoln641st MT Coy., Army Service Corps2 Jul. 1918Ribemont CemeteryPte.Frederick W. Moore2nd Bn., Norfolk Regiment3 May 1916Kirkee War CemeteryPte.C. Arthur Prior7th Bn., Norfolk Regt.20 Sep. 1917Duisans CemeteryPte.Cecil B. Martin9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.24 Mar. 1918Lagnicourt Hedge CemeteryPte.Richard Webb9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.15 Sep. 1916Thiepval MemorialPte.Walter J. Burton3/4th Bn., Queen's Royal Regiment4 Oct. 1917Tyne Cot The following names were added after the Second World War: +RankNameUnitDate of deathBurial/CommemorationCpl.James J. O'HareArmy Catering Corps1 Apr. 1944All Saints' ChurchyardGnr.Robert A. Syer65 AT Regt., Royal Artillery14 Dec. 1941Knightsbridge War CemeteryGnr.Ernest E. Woodgate72 Field Regt., R.A.31 May 1942Alamein Memorial
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