Editing River Wissey (section)

===Upper reaches===
To the south of the stream is Manor Farm, a [[Grade II listed]] building dating from the sixteenth century, although extended and refaced over the following 200 years. Much of the original timber frame has been replaced by brick.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1151990 |desc=Manor Farmhouse|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>
Associated with the farm are some ancient fishponds.<ref name=osmap>Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 map</ref> The course continues to the west, passing the [[Grade I listed]] Huntingfield Hall farmhouse, again dating from the sixteenth century, but with nineteenth-century alterations,<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1342619 |desc=Huntingfield Hall farmhouse|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> and then flowing along the northern edge of Bradenham. The parish church is separated from the main centre of population by the river. It is a medieval building, constructed of flint, [[ashlar]] masonry and brick, much of it dating from the fourteenth century, though parts are a little earlier.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1342620 |desc=Church of St Andrew, Bradenham|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> To the west of the village is a small sewage treatment plant, located on the south bank, after which it passes to the north of Holme Hale and to the south of Necton. It turns to the south to pass under Station Road at Erneford Bridge, close to Erneford House, which is constructed of colourwashed bricks with a pantile roof and dates from 1700.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1304954 |desc=Erneford House|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> It passes under a disused railway bridge, and continues to the east of North Pickenham,<ref name=osmap/> where the parish church of St Andrew was substantially rebuilt in 1863, but retains its earlier tower and north transept.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1077229 |desc=Church of St Andrew, North Pickenham|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>

At South Pickenham, the river passes through the parkland of Pickenham Hall, which covers an area of {{convert|139|acre|ha}}. It is marked on Faden's county map of 1797, and was extended in the mid-nineteenth century. Much of it is grassland with ancient [[oak]]s. {{convert|11|acre|ha}} are laid out as gardens and pleasure grounds, leading down to the river, which has been widened at this point. A rustic oak bridge dating from the early 1900s links the gardens to the park. The hall itself was built between 1902 and 1905 by the [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] architect [[Robert Weir Schultz]] for the banker G W Taylor. The previous house, dating from around 1830, could not be preserved, as it was found to be unstable during the rebuild.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1001011 |desc=Pickenham Hall|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> At Great Cressingham, the former manor house sits on the east bank. It is Grade I listed, and includes moulded brick monograms belonging to John and Elizabeth Jenny, who bought the house in 1542.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1342581 |desc=Manor House, Great Cressingham|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> Turning briefly to the south-west, Home Lane crosses the river by a ford at Hilborough. To the south of the hamlet is Hilborough Mill and the miller's house, dating from 1819. Most of the machinery is still in place, although the paddles are missing from the [[cast iron]] waterwheel.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1342591 |desc=Hilborough Mill|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>

Further south is Bodney Hall farmhouse, which dates from the sixteenth century, with alterations made in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1077257 |desc=Bodney Hall farmhouse|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> There are ancient fish ponds marked on the Ordnance Survey map.<ref name=osmap/> The river then passes through a danger area, which is used by the army for training purposes. During the [[Second World War]], the area was the location of [[RAF Bodney]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/703639 |publisher=geograph |title=Memorial to the 352nd Fighter Group}}</ref> The river passes Langford Church, a Grade I listed medieval building containing a monument to Sir Nicholas Garrard, which was designed by Christopher Horsnaile senior in baroque style in 1727. The windows are covered with corrugated iron sheets, because the building is within the Army's [[Stanford Training Area]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1172069 |desc=Church of St Andrew, Langford|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> A tributary, which rises near [[Merton, Norfolk|Merton]] and flows through a large lake called Stanford Water, joins the Wissey from the east. The nearby village of Stanford was one of six evacuated to make way for the Stanford Training Area in 1942.

Beyond the junction, the river turns to the west, and passes gravel pits near Ickburgh. Near the bridge under the A1065 road is Bridge House, remodelled as a pair of semi-detached houses in the nineteenth century, but still containing parts of the original [[Leprosy|leper]] chapel dating from the thirteenth century.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1342593 |desc=Bridge House Ickburgh|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> Passing to the north of Mundford, the channel turns to the north-west, and passes between the lakes of [[Didlington]] Hall on the north bank and those formed by sand and gravel extraction to the south.<ref name=osmap/> Two sluices mark the location of Northwold watermill, which was demolished some time after 1938.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/northwold.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331114450/http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/northwold.html |archive-date=31 March 2016 |url-status=live |title=Northwold Mill |publisher=Norfolk Mills |access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> The River Gadder, which rises to the north-east of [[Cockley Cley]], and its distributary, the Oxborough Drain, enter the Wissey on its north bank. To the north of Whittington, there is a disused pumping station by the junction with the Stringside Drain,<ref name=osmap/> and the river becomes navigable. It is now just {{convert|7|ft|m|0}} above sea level.<ref name=osmap/>