Before the Great Ellingham Inclosure Act of 1799, there were several paths threading their way through the village. No doubt many of these footways were in constant use by the villagers to get from one part of the village to another, or to travel to the adjacent villages or towns. Some of these ancient paths…
Author: Heather Etteridge
Farmhouse later known as White House Farm
Church Path Before it was ‘put by and discontinued‘ by the Great Ellingham Inclosure Act of 1799, a footway known as Church Path, which began in the centre of the village, concluded at an inclosure called ‘Green Way’, near to what was then (or later to become) Shrugg’s Lane which itself crossed Long Street. Extract…
Messuage built of the Tenement Howells at Town Green
Elizabeth Barnard, Copyhold Tenant At the Manor Court of Buckenham Close Outsoken on the 13th November, 1793, and following the death of her husband, Elizabeth Barnard was admitted as a copyhold tenant of the same Court for her life under the Will of her husband, James Barnard. The Manor Court Books set out the copyhold…
Cottage at Town Green occupied by Judith Clarke
In the Statement of Claims relating to the Great Ellingham Inclosure Act of 1799, Elizabeth Barnard claimed: One messuage and 15 acres of land which was occupied by herself and one cottage and garden occupied by Judith Clarke and A Semmence. Of which 2 acres and 2 roods are copyhold of Ellingham Rectory and one…
Henry Cobon of White Hall, Town Green
Following the departure of the Barnard family from The Hall at Great Ellingham, the next occupiers were Henry and Mary Cobon. Great Ellingham Hall. Photograph taken September 2020 Old Hall Farmhouse in Great Ellingham is a Grade II listed building. British Listed Buildings website describes the c.1570 building as timber framed with wattle and daub….
A Silver Table Centre Piece amongst the Personal Effects
Illustration by Christine Fuller Wills are a great source of information for both family and local historians. Not only providing names of family members and friends, wills can provide details of some of the personal items treasured by the testator, as well as a description of any land or premises owned or occupied by the…
Private Eddie George Nichols – Norfolk Regiment
The Norfolk Record Office holds the originals of the burial registers for the Parish Church of St James, Great Ellingham, going back to 1630. The mortal remains of countless inhabitants of Great Ellingham (and, sometimes, people from further afield), have been laid to rest in the churchyard during the last four hundred years or more….
Messuage at Bush Green later known as ‘Hill House Farm’
Hill House Farm, Deopham Road. Photograph taken c.1940 Courtesy Carolyn Boatwright John Garnham’s Claim At No.49 in a Statement of Claims in connection with the Great Ellingham Inclosures of c.1799, is John Garnham’s claim: One Messuage and 56A of Land, occupied by William Chaplin. Of which 27A 1R are Copyhold of Ellingham Hall, 14A 2R…
The Gladden Family of Pound Farm, Rocklands
Family Gathering before 1920 at Pound Farm, Rockland All Saints, the home of John and Mary Gladden (neé Warren). George Downes back row fourth from the left and likely John and Mary Gladden are seated to the left (as facing the photograph). Photograph courtesy of Lucinda Bell-Tye 1911 The 1911 census captures 73 year old…
‘Highly Respected’ John Warren dies in Little Ellingham
Death of John Warren Great Ellingham born John Warren died within a month of his 83rd birthday on the 7th April, 1897. He was buried in the churchyard at Little Ellingham. Little Ellingham Parish Church. Photograph taken May 2020 According to a report in the Eastern Daily Press published on the following Saturday, the 10th…