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Category: Millers

1638: Emigration to New England

Posted on September 1, 2020September 6, 2020 by Heather Etteridge

Selling up and leaving Great Ellingham Around 1638, miller Stephen Paine together with his wife Rose, three sons and four servants, left the village of Great Ellingham for a new life on the other side of the World. It is said that Stephen Paine sold his property ‘Heynons’ in Great Ellingham to his father-in-law (John…

Last Miller to Occupy the Post Mill?

Posted on August 9, 2020September 6, 2020 by Heather Etteridge

Where was the Post Mill? Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Original held at Norfolk Record Office. Russell James Colman Plans. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind permission of NRO The above extract from an 1802 map shows the position of the Post Mill in Mill Lane, Great Ellingham. The map also clearly shows…

April Fool’s Prank?

Posted on April 1, 2020September 7, 2020 by Heather Etteridge

Illustration by Christine Fuller The Norwich Mercury of April 12th, 1905 reported on the case of the theft of a hen heard recently at the East Harling Petty Sessions. George Anderson of Great Ellingham was charged with stealing a hen belonging to farmer Josiah Carter at Great Ellingham on the 1st April. Given the date…

‘A Miller’s Account’

Posted on March 1, 2020September 7, 2020 by Heather Etteridge

The Norwich Mercury of 26th November, 1902 reported on the case of Underwood -v- Wilkin which was heard at the County Court at Attleborough on the previous Saturday. The newspaper report’s heading was ‘A Miller’s Account‘. The parties in the action were the Plaintiff, James William Underwood, and J. Wilkin junior, the Defendant. James Underwood…

Mill House Partly Destroyed by Fire

Posted on December 1, 2019January 20, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

The Norfolk News of Saturday, 6th August 1904, reported on the fire which occurred at the Mill House at Great Ellingham the previous Thursday. The Mill House, built of clay with a thatched roof with a combined bake-office, was partly destroyed before the arrival of the Fire Brigade from Attleborough. The chimney fell to the…

William Kybird: Wheelwright & Carpenter

Posted on October 1, 2019January 22, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

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…

Six Weddings and Several Funerals

Posted on October 1, 2019September 7, 2020 by Heather Etteridge

Tombstone of Ann Margetson in the Churchyard at Great Ellingham A tombstone for Ann Margetson lies in Great Ellingham churchyard. The inscription on the tomb states that Ann Margetson was the widow of Abraham Downes of Attleborough. It also states that Ann was born on March 4th, 1828 and died on August 30th, 1919. The…

Robert Beales son of Philip and Sarah baptised 1831

Posted on August 3, 2019January 22, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Philip Beales and his wife Sarah brought their infant son Robert for baptism at Great Ellingham Parish Church on December 4th, 1831. Robert Bales (Beales) aged 9 in 1841 at Bow Street Around 9 years later, the census of 1841 finds 9 year old Robert Bales (Beales) with his parents, elder siblings James aged 15,…

Post Windmill in Mill Lane

Posted on July 28, 2019January 23, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Owners of the Post Mill The Statement of Claims for the Great Ellingham Inclosure of 1800 includes a claim by Thomas Steward for one messuage, one Windmill and one acre of land (all freehold) which he occupied. He also claimed rights for the pasture of cattle on the commons and waste lands of the village…

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