Fir Cottage is a delightful cottage on the western side and at the southern part of Long Street. It was built between 1857 and 1861. The green arrow indicates the position of Fir Cottage at the southern end of Long Street. Extract from O.S. Map c.1945. Courtesy Ray & Maureen Beales In recent years, Fir…
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Helen Brighton sells her late Father’s Cottage in Long Street
On the 7th April, 1914, Elizabeth Harbour, the wife of John Thomas Harbour, completed her purchase of ‘Fir Cottage’ . The house was sold by the Personal Representative of the late Reverend James Toll who had purchased the property in 1880. ‘Fir Cottage’ was built between 1857 and 1861 on land at the southern end…
Bertie & Florence Southgate move into Fir Cottage
Extract from O.S. Map c.1945. Courtesy Ray & Maureen Beales On the 22nd July, 1946, brother and sister, Bertie and Florence Southgate, completed their purchase of Fir Cottage in Long Street, Great Ellingham. The cottage lies at the southern end of Long Street – indicated by the green arrow on the above map. The seller,…
Harry Partridge, Poultry Farmer & Home Guard
Kelly’s Directory of 1937 shows Harry Partridge as a poultry farmer at the ‘Firs’ in Great Ellingham. The Firs is a property to the southern end of Long Street which was also known as Fir Cottage. Harry Partridge was one of seven poultry dealers or poultry farmers in the village at that time. Great Ellingham…
Francis Parke’s 59 acre Farm in Long Street
Discovering House Histories Deeds Title Deeds are one of the best resources when researching the history of a property. Historical deeds will usually include conveyances, mortgages, agreements etc. They may also recite extracts from wills and earlier deeds. Accordingly, title deeds may provide an unbroken chain of ownership through many decades – or even centuries!…
Jeremiah Grice Buys a Long Street Farm from Henry Beevor
In this blog we continue the story of the history of a farm which lies at the southern end of Long Street in Great Ellingham. Long Street is identified by the purple arrows on the below map of 1802. Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office. Cat. Ref. C/Ca…
Two Closely Connected Farms in Long Street
At the beginning of the 19th century, Francis Parke owned a farm (which included a farmhouse, barn, yard, garden, outbuildings and some 59 acres) in Long Street, Great Ellingham. Parke also owned an additional nearby barn. Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind…
Bow Street Farm has Six Owners in Ten Years!
Extract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Revised 1904. Courtesy Martin Jeffery Holly Croft Farm is a delightful property in Bow Street. Tenement ‘Newmans’ The origins of the present farmhouse may well have been a tenement called Newmans. This tenement is referred to in the historical deeds to the property at…
George Cady’s Inclosure Act Award in 1802
Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office. With kind permission of NRO At the turn of the 19th century, George Cady owned a messuage and land in Bow Street. He had inherited the property from his brother William Cady. The brothers’…
Ownership of Land in the same Family for Generations
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…