Postcard Returns to Great Ellingham after 100 years
Postcard sent from Great Ellingham by Lilian Field to Ada Warren in Higham Bury St Edmunds around…
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John Chaplin – Ordered to Maintain his Mother
Court Appearances Drover, John Chaplin of Great Ellingham appeared before the Magistrates at East Harling in June…
Mill House Partly Destroyed by Fire
The Norfolk News of Saturday, 6th August 1904, reported on the fire which occurred at the Mill…
Court Appearance for Shopkeeper, Thomas Edwards
On 11th November 1857, the Magistrates at East Harling Petty Sessions convicted Thomas Edwards of Great Ellingham…
1924: December Wedding for John Penson and Ellen Downes
Jack Penson Although John Penson was born and raised in Willey, Shropshire, John’s maternal ancestors came from…
William Frost, Peruke Maker
1784 – William Frost signs his last Will & Testament During the reign of King George IV,…
Quoits: A Win for the Prince of Wales Club
The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of 7th June, 1902 reported on the Quoits match which took…
1900: First Marriage at the Primitive Methodist Chapel
Charles H Jude, the eldest son of local farmer George Jude of Rookery Farm, Great Ellingham, married…
1878: Tenders Invited for the Supply of 50 tons of Household Coal
The Trustees of the Great Ellingham Fuel Allotment Charity placed a notice in the Norfolk Chronicle of…
Disorderly Conduct at the Chequers Inn
Before the Magistrates A night of disorderly conduct at the Chequers Inn on the 29th May, 1866…