Burial The Burial Register for St James, Great Ellingham includes an entry for 83 year old Mary Green, from Deptford, buried on Easter Day the 7th April 1901. Census Returns Looking through various census returns, Mary Green was the widow of John Green, a former landlord of the Curriers Arms in Great Ellingham. The 1861…
Angelina Wright marries in Attleborough
Marriage between Angelina Wright & William Webster The announcement of the marriage of Great Ellingham born Angelina Wright appeared in the edition of the Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette dated 29th October, 1881. The marriage ceremony, officiated by the Reverend W C Safford, took place at St Mary’s Church, Attleborough. Angelina Wright married William James…
Marriage of the Relieving Officer
Wedding Exactly one hundred and fifty years before this photograph was taken, a marriage took place at the Baptist Chapel in Long Street, Great Ellingham on the 7th July, 1864 between David Reeve and Adelaide Richardson. The wedding day may well have been as sunny as the July day in 2019 when this photograph was…
Harriet Leeder, Grocery Dealer
Great Ellingham born Harriet Leeder was a grocery dealer living in Long Street during the 1860s with her parents, William and Frances Leeder. Court Appearance In the August of 1864, Harriet Leeder, described as a flour seller, appeared before the Magistrates at the East Harling Petty Sessions charged with having an incorrect flour scale in…
‘Keen Agriculturalist’ dies aged 84
The Norwich Mercury of 21st October 1905 reported on the funeral which had taken place at the Parish Church in Great Ellingham of Mr Henry Colman. It was reported that Henry Colman was a keen agriculturalist and that he regularly attended Norwich Market. His last trip to the market was earlier in the month after…
A Fishy Tale
At the Petty Sessions held at East Harling in the May of 1880, labourer James Halls of Little Ellingham received a prison sentence of 14 days with hard labour for the theft of fish. The Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette of the 15th May, 1880 reported on the case. Halls was found guilty of stealing…
Sudden Death at the Parish Reading Room
Newspaper report of the Inquest The Norfolk Chronicle of January 27th, 1900 reported on the sudden death of 54 year old Alfred Brighton at the parish Reading Room in Great Ellingham on the previous Tuesday, the 23rd January. At the Inquest held on the following day, Alfred’s wife Sarah Ann Brighton told the County Coroner…
Theodosia Morley, Landlady of the Queen’s Head
According to Norfolk Pubs website, Theodosia Morley became the Landlady at the Queen’s Head Public House at Great Ellingham around 1865. White’s Directory of 1864 lists her husband, Samuel Morley, at a Beerhouse in Great Ellingham. I think the ‘Beerhouse’ is most likely the Queen’s Head. Samuel and Theodosia Morley The 1861 census captures the…
Robert Le Grice’s Effects For Auction
Auction The Norfolk News of 17th September, 1864, announced the forthcoming Auction taking place at twelve o’clock on Monday, September 26th, 1864 in Great Ellingham. The Auction would include the live and dead farming stock, household furniture and other effects belonging to the late Robert Le Grice. Amongst these items were two tumbrils, a road…
April Fool’s Prank?
The Norwich Mercury of April 12th, 1905 reported on the case of the theft of a hen heard recently at the East Harling Petty Sessions. George Anderson of Great Ellingham was charged with stealing a hen belonging to farmer Josiah Carter at Great Ellingham on the 1st April. Given the date of the alleged offence,…