Auction In 1913, Bertie Wilkins offered his butchers shop, cycle shop and dwelling-house for sale at auction. He had plans to emigrate to Australia. Did Bertie successfully sell his premises and emigrate? Emigration Florence (née Stubbings) and Bertie Wilkins. Courtesy of James Margetts What prompted Bertie and Florence to emigrate? Did they respond to an…
Category: Emigration
Mixed Fortunes for the Warren Family
Everyday life in Great Ellingham was particularly difficult for many of its inhabitants during the 1830s. James Warren and his family were no exception. James Warren Marriage Postcard of Church Road, Hargham with the Church of All Saints in the centre. Author’s own collection On the 21st January, 1814, James Warren of Great Ellingham married…
Denmark & Pitts bring Terror to the Neighbourhood
County Sessions, Norwich, 6th January 1836 On the 6th January, 1836, James Denmark and Goodson Pitts stood before the Chairman of the County Sessions held in Norwich, on a charge of larceny. Shoemaker John Hooke lived near to the Chequers Public House in what we today know as Chequers Lane. Postcard courtesy of Carol Ewin…
Jeremiah Fielding sells Windmill & Emigrates
Mill House which replaced an earlier dwelling with the Mill behind. Postcard postmarked 1905. Tower Windmill made from Local Bricks The brick tower windmill standing in what is now Church Street, Great Ellingham, was erected by Jeremiah Fielding c.1849. The bricks were made locally at the brick kiln in Hingham Road. It has also been…
Lance Corporal John Lincoln
John Lincoln (1876-1917) taken whilst serving as a British Soldier during the Boer War. Photograph courtesy of Bryan Dye ‘John Lincoln’ is amongst sixteen names inscribed on the memorial tablet set into the wall near to the west door of St James’s Church. The tablet remembers the Great Ellingham men who gave their lives for…
Mitson Family Emigrate
Emigration 1836 saw several Great Ellingham families emigrate, as did many other families or individuals from the eastern counties. This mass emigration was likely as a result of the hardship being suffered by many agricultural workers following the introduction of machinery. Many agricultural labourers were out of work or, those still in work, found a…
‘Mass Emigration’ in 1836
Illustration by Christine Fuller Borrowing to Fund the Emigration of the Poor Persons of the Parish One of the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, was the legislation which enabled the rate payers of a parish to set up a fund to pay for the ‘emigration of the poor persons settled in the…
1638: Emigration to New England
Selling up and leaving Great Ellingham Around 1638, miller Stephen Paine together with his wife Rose, three sons and four servants, left the village of Great Ellingham for a new life on the other side of the World. It is said that Stephen Paine sold his property ‘Heynons’ in Great Ellingham to his father-in-law (John…
Farewell Sermons delivered by the Rev. Frederick Harvey
Great Ellingham Baptist Church. Photograph taken July 2019 Baptist Minister Frederick Harvey delivered his farewell sermon at the Baptist Church in Great Ellingham, in the afternoon (and again in the evening) of Sunday 4th September, 1892. The Eastern Daily Press reported of the ‘forthcoming farewell sermons’ in their edition of Thursday 1st September, 1892. The…
Well-Situated Butcher’s Shop, Cycle Shop & Dwelling-House
Crown Inn with adjoining shops. Postcard Carol Ewin The Eastern Daily Press of the 8th August, 1913, reported that at an Auction held at the Royal Hotel in Attleborough the previous day, a lot comprising the freehold business premises in Great Ellingham, was withdrawn at £130. Perhaps there was insufficient bidding at the auction. What…