Wheelwright and Carpenters Shop of William Kybird taken before 1939. Postcard Joan Barnard 23 year old wheelwright William Kybird settled in Great Ellingham with his wife Mary Ann (known as Polly) after their marriage in 1880 but before the 1881 census. The census of 1881 shows the couple at the Wheelwright’s Shop on the Attleborough…
Category: Blacksmiths
Auction of an”Old-Established Blacksmith’s Shop”
Timber Hill, Great Ellingham. Postcard Carol Ewin Auction at the Griffin Inn, Attleborough The property included in Lot 3 at the Auction being held at the Griffin Inn, Attleborough on Thursday September 13th, 1860, comprised “a substantially built and old-established Blacksmith’s Shop with dwellinghouse, yard and outbuildings” in Great Ellingham. The premises were said to…
Blacksmith’s Shop in Town Green
Property Owner Benjamin Turner In 1800, Benjamin Turner owned five dwellings and one blacksmith’s shop in Great Ellingham. Turner occupied one of the dwellings, and let the other properties to tenants. The blacksmith’s shop (copyhold of the Manor of Ellingham Hall), was occupied by James Lebbell. Where was the Blacksmith’s Shop? Extract from 1802 Map…
Blacksmith’s Shop occupied by John Steel & Others offered For Sale
Illustration by Christine Fuller A notice for the sale of a dwelling with Blacksmith’s shop in full trade appeared on page 3 of the Norfolk Chronicle dated 7 July 1787. The premises included yards, gardens and about five acres of land which was occupied by John Steel “and others”. The notice stated that the premises…