Widow Mary Barnard’s Claim Amongst widow Mary Barnard’s claim to the Commissioners for the Inclosures of Great Ellingham in 1799, was: One cottage occupied by James Webster and William Barnard and One Messuage occupied by John Wilkins and Sarah Coe I believe that the messuage (i.e. a dwellinghouse, outbuildings and land), was at that time…
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Last Miller to Occupy the Post Mill?
Where was the Post Mill? Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Original held at Norfolk Record Office. Russell James Colman Plans. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind permission of NRO The above extract from an 1802 map shows the position of the Post Mill in Mill Lane, Great Ellingham. The map also clearly shows…
Pursuit from London to Great Ellingham
Was Great Ellingham baker, Charles Thilthorpe, surprised to find his son John and his daughter in law on his door-step in Great Ellingham on a Saturday late in October, 1803? Perhaps John Thilthorpe told his father that the visit was long over-due and he thought it time he and his wife paid him a visit….
1685: Anthony Beales sells his Windmill to John Browne
Since the 1600s, Great Ellingham has had at least three windmills. The tower of the brick built Windmill, which was erected in the late 1840s, is still visible in the village today. The Statement of Claims for the Great Ellingham Inclosure (c.1800), referred to a decayed Mill on land occupied by John and Elizabeth Turner….
Charles & Frances Thilthorpe survived only by their daughter Thomasin
Marriage and Children Charles Thilthorpe arrived in Great Ellingham with his wife Frances (neé Bunkall) sometime after their marriage in Watton on 11th October, 1772. Baptisms for at least eight children of Charles and Frances Thilthorpe appear in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers between 1774 and 1785. One entry confirms that Frances was formerly spinster…