Illustration by Christine Fuller The Norwich Mercury dated 29th August 1874, contained a notice of a sale of property by Public Auction. The auction lots would include cottages in Bow Street, Great Ellingham. The Auction would be held at the New Inn (now the Royal Hotel) in Attleborough, at four o’clock sharp, on the 3rd…
Author: Heather Etteridge
Joseph & Mary Eke’s Hingham Road Thatched Cottage
Eke’s Cottage in Hingham Road which was much later the home of Joseph & Susanna Dye.Photograph taken before 1942.Courtesy Bryan Dye Property owned by Mary Eke 18th Century hand drawn maps show pieces of land owned by Mary Eke. One piece of land (on which a building is indicated), lies on the right hand side…
Thomas Johnson, a Victim of Smallpox
Illustration by Christine Fuller Thomas Johnson was buried at the Parish Church of Great Ellingham on January 23rd 1746/7. He most likely died of smallpox. An entry in the accounts in the Great Ellingham Town Book for the year 1746/7, appears as follows: “Paid to Isaac Meek for Nursing Thomas Johnson in small pox“. The…
Men’s ‘Smoking Concert’ at the Crown Inn in 1902
In the centre is the Crown Public House. Postcard courtesy of Attleborough Heritage Group The Eastern Daily Press of Saturday 26th April 1902 reported on a Smoking Concert held the previous Thursday at the Crown Inn which was endorsed by the Attleborough & District Unionist Association. Smoking Concerts were particularly popular during the Victoria era….
William Shepherd: Enumerator District 5 Great Ellingham 1871 Census
Rockland All Saints Church lies on a country lane less than a mile from the boundary with Great Ellingham. In the churchyard, I found a headstone for William Shepherd and his wife Abigail Warren Shepherd. The inscription on the headstone is clear: William Shepherd died August 19th, 1914 aged 82 years. His wife Abigail Warren…
Mrs Abigail Studd buried March 16th, 1867
Great Ellingham Parish Church Abigail Studd was buried in the churchyard of Great Ellingham Parish Church on March 16th, 1867. She was aged 42 years. Abigail’s burial entry is one of only three burials for the name Studd in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers between 1813 and 1878. In the same period, there are no…
The Village of Great Ellingham Celebrates Jubilees
1887 Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee On the 20th June 1887, while Queen Victoria was breakfasting outdoors under the trees at Frogmore and, later, travelled to Buckingham Palace for a royal banquet, the inhabitants of Great Ellingham were getting ready to begin their Jubilee Celebrations on the following day, the 21st June. Jubilee Committee & Jubilee…
John & Frances Flegg of Town Green
Headstone for Frances & John Flegg in Great Ellingham Churchyard Who were John & Frances Flegg? Corresponding burials for John Flegg and his wife Frances appear in the Great Ellingham Burial Registers. Frances Flegg was buried on June 15th, 1848 aged 77 years and John Flegg nearly two years later on April 8th, 1850 aged…
Blacksmith’s Shop in Town Green
Property Owner Benjamin Turner In 1800, Benjamin Turner owned five dwellings and one blacksmith’s shop in Great Ellingham. Turner occupied one of the dwellings, and let the other properties to tenants. The blacksmith’s shop (copyhold of the Manor of Ellingham Hall), was occupied by James Lebbell. Where was the Blacksmith’s Shop? Extract from 1802 Map…
Robert Pease and his Fatal Accident on Return from Market
Bow Street, Great Ellingham Tragic Accident The Norwich Mercury of December 30th, 1899 reported on the tragic death the previous Thursday evening of a well-known farmer of Great Ellingham, 62 year old Mr Robert Pease. Robert Pease in the company of his niece, Mrs Elizabeth Jane Lister, was on his return journey with his horse…