Smallpox in Great Ellingham Amongst the outgoings listed in the Great Ellingham Parish Accounts for the year 1742, are entries for payments of relief by the Overseers of the Parish for three inhabitants of the village: “For the nursing and keeping William Winter in the time he had the small pox”; “For the nursing and…
Category: Court Hearings
Fined for Allowing Horses to Stray on the Highway
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. 1883 Court Appearance The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of August 4th, 1883 reported on the case of James Carter, a farmer, of Great Ellingham. Carter appeared before the Magistrates at East Harling on July…
The Intemperate Skipper Brothers
Illustration by Christine FullerThe illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. Appearance before the Magistrates in 1881 The Norwich Mercury of 25th June 1881, published a report of recent cases heard at the East Harling Petty Sessions. The defendants included brothers Abraham and Jeremiah Skipper from Great…
Jonathan Rivett – Charge of Furious Driving
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. 1866 Court Appearance Jonathan Rivett of Great Ellingham appeared before the East Dereham Magistrates in the June of 1866. He pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a horse and cart furiously along Swan Lane…
A Difficult Year for John Green of the Curriers Arms in 1866
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. Fire at the barn of the Curriers Arms On a Tuesday evening in the October of 1866, a fire broke out in the barn at the Curriers Arms. The landlord, Mr John Green, had left…
Christmas Chaplin – Charged with being Drunk at the Queen’s Head
Illustration by Christine FullerThe illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. Drunk on Licensed Premises A report of the local petty sessions in the Norfolk News dated December 11th, 1875 referred to the case of Christmas Chaplin, a labourer, of Great Ellingham. Christmas Chaplin was charged with…
James Beales convicted of Furious Driving – but which James?
Illustration by Christine FullerThe illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. Charge In the December of 1865, a James Beales, labourer, of Great Ellingham appeared before the magistrates at East Harling, on a charge of furious driving on the highway leading from Great Ellingham to Attleborough. He…
Disturbance at the Prince of Wales Inn resulting in a Court Appearance for Alban Bass
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied Appearance at Court Alban Bass, a labourer of Great Ellingham, appeared before the Magistrates at the East Harling Petty Sessions in August 1884. He was charged with being disorderly and failing to quit the Prince…