The following report was published in the Lynn Advertiser on the 14th November, 1930: THE LATE MR JOHN CARTERThe Rev. E W Hardy (vicar of St Mary’s) officiated on Wednesday at the funeral of Mr John Carter, who passed away on the 8th inst., being in his 68th year.For nearly 38 years he was the…
Author: Heather Etteridge
Landlords of The Crown spanning nearly 200 years!
The Crown Public House courtesy of Tony Brooks. Date unknown There has been a public house on the site of the present Crown Public House for well over two centuries. There is also evidence that in at least 1781, the pub was called ‘The Bell’. By 1800, it had become known as ‘The Rose &…
Landlord Charles Barnard ‘Sells Up’
Church Street including the Old Thatche Shoppe to the left, Islay House to the right and the Crown Public House with adjoining shops in the centre. Attleborough Heritage Group Between 1891 and 1896, Charles William Barnard was the landlord of the Crown Public House in Great Ellingham. On the 4th July, 1896, the following notice…
George Jude sells land for Recreation Ground
Many of us will be familiar with the large recreation ground we are fortunate to have in our village. But I wonder whether any of us have ever thought how long the village has actually had the recreation ground. Farm Meadows Before the creation of a designated recreation ground, several owners of the larger farms…
Great Ellingham’s Recreation Ground’s Byelaws
On the 28th February, 1931, the Parish Council purchased a piece of land known as ‘Town Piece’ for the purposes of a recreation ground. The blue arrow on the below map shows the location of this ‘L-shaped’ piece of land. Extract from O.S. Map c.1945. Courtesy Ray & Maureen Beales Although the Parish Council purchased…
A Recreation Ground for All!
At a meeting of the Parish Council held on the 20th May, 1932, it was agreed that the Recreation Ground is free “to any party in the parish for useful purposes, providing application is made to the council for their sanction”. A year earlier, and as trustees, the Parish Council had purchased land for the…
Great Ellingham born Harry Field emigrates to San Francisco
Church of St James, Great Ellingham Baptism at St James On the 28th August 1892, Great Ellingham schoolmaster John Field and his wife Annis took their infant son, Alfred Harold, to the Parish Church for baptism. Great Ellingham Board Schools and School House. Author’s Collection Early Life at The School House Alfred Harold Field was…
Luther Beales – a ‘Man of Many Talents’
Joan Barnard is one of many people who have several family connections to Great Ellingham. What’s more, her family retained many of the memories and stories about members of the families, as well as photographs. What follows is Joan’s account of her family member Luther Beales: Luther Beales was born Great Ellingham 1893. He was…
The W.I provides Great Ellingham with a Bus Shelter
Photograph taken February 2012 It has recently been announced that the village will benefit from an improved bus service. I wonder how many of us who have stood in the shelter waiting for a bus – or just passing by, have ever wondered when the bus shelter was erected? I found the answer in the…
Clement Barker buys Rookery Farm from William J Norton
Extract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Revised 1904. Rookery Farm is a substantial farm approached by a short drive from the Watton Road, near to the border with Rocklands. Indeed a very small portion of the land belonging to the farm once crossed the parish boundary into Rocklands. Perhaps this…