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Category: Carpenters

Seven Acre Farm in Bow Street

Posted on February 1, 2022January 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, 2021January 28, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

In his will dated 1st August, 1777, John Barnard of Great Ellingham describes himself as a carpenter. 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 in Suffolk, and John Barnard…

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….

‘Stranger in Blood’

Posted on June 1, 2020March 11, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Extract from 28th January 1898 Inland Revenue Account of Succession to real or leasehold property completed by R W H Venn, Solicitor, Attleborough for the Executors of William Lebbell deceased The above extract from an Inland Revenue Account dated 28th January 1898, confirms that Hannah Saunders, a beneficiary of property under the Will of the…

Auction of the Crown with ‘Good Potential’

Posted on June 1, 2020December 30, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Crown Inn with adjoining shops. Postcard courtesy of Carol Ewin 1845 Auction Lydia Barnard had been the licensee of the Crown Inn at Great Ellingham for many years prior to the proposed sale of the premises at Auction. The Norwich Mercury of Saturday, September 13th, 1845 included a notice “To Brewers” of the forthcoming Auction…

Death Announcement of Robert Wilkins in 1878

Posted on January 1, 2020October 31, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

The announcement of the death of Robert Wilkins on the 15th January 1878 at Great Ellingham, appeared in the Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette on January 19th. No further details were provided. Who was Robert Wilkins? The 1871 census shows a 71 year old widower Robert Wilkin living alone in Chequers Lane, Great Ellingham. I…

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