Illustration by Christine Fuller Fire at the barn of the Curriers Arms On a Tuesday evening in the October of 1866, a fire broke out in the barn at the Curriers Arms. The landlord, Mr John Green, had left his home at the Curriers Arms to visit a friend shortly before Mr Green’s daughter discovered…
Category: Occupations
The Inhabitants of Chequers Lane – 1861 to 1911
Postcard of Chequers Lane. Courtesy of Carol Ewin Although the Chequers Inn is mentioned in the census returns of 1841 and 1851, it is not until the census of 1861 that the name Chequers (or Chequer) Lane appears. It is therefore difficult to establish how many households were living in what we know today as…
Post Windmill in Mill Lane
Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. All rights With kind permission of NRO The above extract from the 1802 Inclosures Map of Great Ellingham shows the position of the Post Mill in Mill Lane. Owners of the Post Mill The…
Mrs Lydia Barnard – Grocer & Draper
Great Ellingham had at least one grocer and draper’s shop in 1715. A notice for the letting of a grocer and draper’s shop situate ‘near the Church’ appeared on page 3 of the Norfolk Chronicle of Saturday 3 September 1785. The shop had been a grocer and draper’s establishment for upwards of 70 years. The…
Blacksmith’s Shop occupied by John Steel & Others offered For Sale
Illustration by Christine Fuller A notice for the sale of a dwelling with Blacksmith’s shop in full trade appeared on page 3 of the Norfolk Chronicle dated 7 July 1787. The premises included yards, gardens and about five acres of land which was occupied by John Steel “and others”. The notice stated that the premises…
Auction Sale of Live and Dead Farming Stock of the late Mr William Green
The Norfolk News dated 20th September 1873, contained details of an Auction to take place at Great Ellingham on Monday 6th October, 1873. The Auctioneers, Salter & Simpson, would sell the valuable Live & Dead Farming Stock which was the property of the late Mr William Green. The stock included: 15 horses and colts, 5…
Arthur J Pollard takes over Neeve’s Shop in Church Street
Arthur Pollard outside his shop Ye Olde Thatche Shoppe. Postcard Carol Ewin The Pollard Family arrive in Great Ellingham Arthur John Pollard and his wife Bessie (Ann Elizabeth) came to Great Ellingham with their 7 year old daughter Mary and son Cyril in 1926. They moved into the shop in Church Street from which Frederick…