Whissonsett or Witcingkeseta as it was known in the Domesday Book means either the settlement of the Witcing tribe or a place of watery meadows.

St Mary's Church is set in the heart of the village and is thought to date from around 1250, digging work to create a new grave in 1902 uncovered the top part of an Anglo-Saxon cross which now resides inside the Church.

References

1. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. " Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes"
2. Parish website