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Category: Carpenters

William Wretham of Norwich buys Bow Street Property at Auction

Posted on January 1, 2023December 29, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

As a consequence of the end of a life interest, the late Reverend William Lobb’s house and land in Bow Street was sold in 1845. The Location of the Property Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind permission of…

Ownership of Land in the same Family for Generations

Posted on October 1, 2022September 30, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

On the 5th June, 1837, Edward Wilkins purchased the former ‘Town House’ in Long Street. Since the erection of the Wayland Union Workhouse in nearby Rocklands, the ‘Town House’ was no longer needed to house the poor of Great Ellingham. Accordingly, it became surplus to requirements. I believe this property – or at least the…

Double Cottage in Long Street Built by Local Builder

Posted on October 1, 2022November 5, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

‘Roselands’ Long Street Great Ellingham. Photograph taken September 2022 The delightful house with the name of ‘Roselands’ sits on the western side at the northern end of Long Street, Great Ellingham. It was built by a local builder during the mid-Victorian era. Over the last 160 years or so, the house will have seen the…

Seven Acre Farm in Bow Street

Posted on February 1, 2022August 27, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

At the beginning of the 19th century, there were 13 dwellings along Bow Street. These dwellings included eight houses and five cottages. Of the eight houses, six were farms with land ranging from around seven acres to 43 acres. George Cady (Caddy) of Rockland All Saints, owned one of the houses together with seven acres…

Medieval Manor Hall House in Church Street – Part I

Posted on March 1, 2021October 23, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

The fine thatched building standing in Church Street (not far from the Crown Public House), is one of the oldest properties in Great Ellingham. The Grade II listed building was (in relatively recent times) known as “Ye Olde Thatche Shoppe“. Thought to have been a medieval Manor Hall House (comprising a public hall with living…

Medieval Manor Hall House in Church Street – Part II

Posted on March 1, 2021October 23, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Daniel & Bridget Lister’s Ownership c.1769-1799 We pick up the story of the owners and occupiers of the fine thatched building in Church Street (and an adjacent House), following the death of widow Bridget Lister in 1802. You can read Part I of the story here. Although captured over 100 years later, the postcard shows…

John Barnard

Posted on January 1, 2021November 17, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

In his will dated 1st August, 1777, John Barnard of Great Ellingham describes himself as a carpenter. St James’s Church, Great Ellingham Four years before making his will, John married Mary Mead in the Church of St James, Great Ellingham on the 22nd October, 1773. Mary Mead was a spinster of the parish of Eye…

The Wigbys of Mill Farm

Posted on August 25, 2020July 26, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

1965. Mill Farm to the left of the photograph. Courtesy of Angela Crocker Funeral and Burial of Mrs Louisa Wigby Two days after Louisa Wigby was buried in the churchyard at St James, Great Ellingham on January 16th, 1939, a report of the funeral appeared in the Eastern Daily Press. The funeral service, conducted by…

Timberhill also known as King’s Corner

Posted on August 23, 2020January 28, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Postcards: (left) courtesy of Joan Barnard; (middle) courtesy of Carol Ewin; (right) author’s own collection Despite some changes to the appearance, most of the buildings in the above postcards are recognisable today. Over the years, this area around the junction of the Atteborough Road with Church Street has been known as ‘Timberhill’ and ‘King’s Corner’….

Stock, Trade Materials & Effects to James Reeder

Posted on July 1, 2020April 6, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Amongst the legacies mentioned in wheelwright William Lebbell’s will of the 17th July, 1897, was the gift of all his stock, trade materials and effects to carpenter, James Reeder who was said to be in William’s service. Further, the will states that William Lebbell had already conveyed his dwellinghouse, premises and land to James Reeder….

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