Illustration by Christine Fuller An Auction held at the King’s Head Hotel, Wymondham on August 21st, 1883, by the Executors of the late Charles Watts, included property and land at Great Ellingham. Farmhouse Occupied by Thomas Caddy The property described as a “Comfortable Farmhouse, Outbuildings, Small Farm, containing about 35 acres” was in the occupation…
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Frederick Grice buried 16th August 1898, aged 62 years
Headstone for Frederick Grice in Great Ellingham Churchyard The Frederick Grice buried in the churchyard of St James on August 12th, 1898 lived in Long Street, Great Ellingham for over thirty years. However, it transpires that Frederick Grice was born in Wolferton, Norfolk, some 40 miles from Great Ellingham. 1891 census The 1891 census finds…
Fined for Allowing Horses to Stray on the Highway
Illustration by Christine Fuller 1883 Court Appearance The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of August 4th, 1883 reported on the case of James Carter, a farmer, of Great Ellingham. Carter appeared before the Magistrates at East Harling on July 30th. He was charged with allowing two horses to stray on the highway. He was found…
Death of Farmer George Newby of Long Street in 1874
The Norfolk News of 29th August 1874, reported the death at Great Ellingham of 59 year old George Newby. The report stated that George Newby was ‘greatly respected and deeply lamented by his family and friends’. I have not found a corresponding burial for George Newby in the Parish Registers for the Church of St…
The Barnard Family of Bury Hall
Bury Hall Bury Hall, Great Ellingham. Courtesy of Emma Wilson Bury (or Bury’s) Hall is one of the oldest properties in Great Ellingham. Members of the Barnard family have lived at Bury Hall since at least 1780, but possibly much earlier. There are entries for the Barnard family in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers from…
Robert & Sarah Simmons of Pen Hill
Notice to Creditors or Debtors of the late Robert Simmons Benjamin Barnard of Great Ellingham, the Executor of the late Robert Simmons, also of Great Ellingham, placed a Notice in the Norfolk Chronicle of 2nd April, 1859. The Notice requested that all persons owing money to, or are owed money by, the late Robert Simmons…
Mrs Abigail Studd buried March 16th, 1867
Great Ellingham Parish Church Abigail Studd was buried in the churchyard of Great Ellingham Parish Church on March 16th, 1867. She was aged 42 years. Abigail’s burial entry is one of only three burials for the name Studd in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers between 1813 and 1878. In the same period, there are no…
John & Frances Flegg of Town Green
Headstone for Frances & John Flegg in Great Ellingham Churchyard Who were John & Frances Flegg? Corresponding burials for John Flegg and his wife Frances appear in the Great Ellingham Burial Registers. Frances Flegg was buried on June 15th, 1848 aged 77 years and John Flegg nearly two years later on April 8th, 1850 aged…
Robert Pease and his Fatal Accident on Return from Market
Bow Street, Great Ellingham Tragic Accident The Norwich Mercury of December 30th, 1899 reported on the tragic death the previous Thursday evening of a well-known farmer of Great Ellingham, 62 year old Mr Robert Pease. Robert Pease in the company of his niece, Mrs Elizabeth Jane Lister, was on his return journey with his horse…
Death of Walter Edward Rivett aged 21 years
The Deaths reported in the Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of 21st April, 1894, include the death at Great Ellingham of Walter Edward Rivett son of Frederick and the late Mary Ann Rivett “surviving his mother only a few days“. He was 21 years old. Memorial to Walter Edward Rivett and his brother Ernest William…