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…
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William Wretham of Norwich buys Bow Street Property at Auction
As a consequence of the end of a life interest, the late Reverend William Lobb’s house and land in Bow Street was sold in 1845. The Location of the Property Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind permission of…
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’…
William Cady inherits Property in Bow Street
On the death of his father, Thomas Cady, in 1764, William Cady inherited all his father’s real estate in Great Ellingham. This included: one acre of land lying in Great Ellingham between the lands late of Issac Harvey before that James Harvey in part towards the west and the lands now or late of George…
Thomas Cady’s Purchase of Premises in Bow Street
Extract Mortgage Deed 8th August 1751 Thomas Cady to John Oddin. Courtesy Roger Banks Holly Croft Farm is one of the delightful older properties in Bow Street. The origins of this charming farmhouse may be as early as the seventeenth century – if not earlier. In this blog, we look at Thomas Cady and his…
1731 Warren & Thurlow Mortgage Property in the street called Engate
History of a Small Farm in Bow Street This is one of a series of blogs which tells the history of a small farm in Bow Street, Great Ellingham. We begin at 1731. Mortgage Extract from the 1731 Indenture of Mortgage between Ann Warren, Thomas Thurlow & John Amyas. Courtesy Roger Banks On the 13th…
John Godward, Worsted Weaver, of Great Ellingham
Towards the end of the 17th century, John Godward was one of at least two worsted weavers living and working in Great Ellingham. He lived at a time before the Georgian Period. The ‘British Throne’ was occupied by Mary II and her Dutch husband and cousin William III. They co-reigned from 1689 until Mary’s death…
Local Farriers, William Reynolds & Son
William Buchan Reynolds 1822-1886. Courtesy Ollie West Harrod’s Directory of 1878 lists William Reynolds & Son as farriers in Great Ellingham. Whilst a farrier is a skilled person with sound knowledge of shoeing all types of equine feet, William Reynolds was also a ‘cow leach’ (cow doctor) as well as veterinary surgeon. From Suffolk to…
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…
Double Cottage in Long Street Built by Local Builder
‘Roselands’ Long Street Great Ellingham. Photograph taken September 2022 The delightful house with the name of ‘Roselands’ sits on the western side at the southern end of Long Street, Great Ellingham. It was built by a local builder during the mid-Victorian era. Over the last 160 years or so, the house will have seen the…