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Author: Heather Etteridge

Thomas Margetson’s Cottage in Watton Road

Posted on May 1, 2022April 24, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

We are fortunate that the Norfolk Record Office holds an abundance of documentation relating to Great Ellingham. This includes paperwork from the ‘Great Ellingham Inclosures’ c.1799 and a map dated 1802. According to the Great Ellingham Inclosure Statement of Claims, Thomas Beales claimed: – One Cottage and Garden occupied by Thomas Margetson – One Barn…

The Rivetts at Pond Farm

Posted on May 1, 2022April 24, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Extract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Author’s Collection The black dot on the above extract from a 1906 Ordnance Survey Map, shows the home of Leonard and Gertrude Rivett at Pond Farm in Watton Road, Great Ellingham. Pond Farm still exists. Further, there has been a dwelling on the site…

The Red House in Long Street

Posted on May 1, 2022April 30, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

I was idly searching the 1921 census online when I came across an entry for the ‘Red House’ in Long Street. I also discovered that the property was occupied by Francis King Mills, Jane Mills and Mary Annie Mills. Where in Long Street is the Red House and does it still stand today? I also…

William & Virtue Fincham’s Home in Penhill Road

Posted on May 1, 2022April 30, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Although most census returns will tell us roughly where people lived in the village, the census does not always tell us exactly where along a lane or road the individuals or families lived. The census returns of 1891, 1901 and 1911 show that William and Virtue Fincham lived in Penhill Road. With the help of…

Thomas Warren’s Cottages at Pennell Common

Posted on April 1, 2022March 29, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

The Great Ellingham Inclosures documentation not only provides the names of the landowners and their tenants, but allows us to pinpoint where many of the inhabitants were living at the turn of the 19th century. The Statement of Claims c.1799 and a Particulars & Valuation of Great Ellingham 1800, show that farmer Thomas Warren owned…

‘Houses for the Poor’ Sold at Auction

Posted on April 1, 2022March 29, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

1769 Dwelling House for the Poor In 1769 a house to accommodate the poor was built upon land at the lower part of the common of Town Green. The land was given to the parish by the Lady of the Manor of Ellingham Hall, Margaretta Colman, the wife of the late Fysher Colman. The common…

Messuage in Long Street later known as Fir Tree Farm

Posted on April 1, 2022March 29, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Inclosures At the beginning of the 19th century Thomas Warren owned and occupied a house in Long Street. This house was later known as Fir Tree Farm. A Statement of Claims c.1799 relating to the Great Ellingham Inclosures, provide details of the owners and occupiers of houses, cottages and the various parcels of land in…

Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse – Part V

Posted on April 1, 2022March 29, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

On the left is a fine thatched house (formerly a copyhold messuage) with a pair of cottages built onto the eastern wall (to the right) on the corner of Church Street (the Street) Chequers Lane & Long Street. Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin The Story of the Owners and Occupiers In Parts I, II, III and…

Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse – Part IV

Posted on April 1, 2022April 7, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Semi-detached cottages (once referred to as the ‘Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse’) with adjoining cottages on the right. Corner of Chequers Lane/Long Street & Church Street. Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin The Story of the Owners and Occupiers of the House In Parts I, II and III, I have taken the history of this delightful…

Council Housing for Great Ellingham following the ‘Addison’ Act

Posted on March 1, 2022February 23, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

The Housing, Town Planning, &c Act of 1919 (often referred to as the ‘Addison Act’) promised government subsidies to help finance the build of 500,000 houses in Britain within three years. The Act also made housing a national responsibility, with local authorities being charged with developing new housing and rental accommodation to satisfy the need…

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