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Category: Postmasters

Ownership of Land in the same Family for Generations

Posted on October 1, 2022September 30, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

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…

James Rose, Grocer & Postmaster

Posted on July 1, 2020March 27, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

St James Great Ellingham. Postcard courtesy Attleborough Heritage Group James son of William & Amelia Rose The son of a shopkeeper, James Rose was baptised in the Church of St James, Great Ellingham on the 18th April, 1809. He was one of at least six children of William and Amelia Rose. His parents had married…

Grocer & Draper in Church Street

Posted on July 1, 2020January 28, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Illustration by Christine Fuller The 1851 census finds single man, 23 year old Charles Hannant as a grocer and draper in Church Street, Great Ellingham. Charles’s father, 51 year old William Hannant, is visiting his son. Although his present home was in Stepney (an area in the East End of London), jeweller William Hannant was…

Village Postmasters and Postmistresses

Posted on May 9, 2020April 7, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

From at least the time of the introduction of the ‘Penny Black’ in 1840, Great Ellingham has been served by a Post Office. This service to the community continues today with the Post Office & Stores in Long Street. But has this building always been the village’s Post Office? Great Ellingham Village Stores and Post…

Sudden Death at the Parish Reading Room

Posted on April 1, 2020December 5, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Newspaper report of the Inquest The Norfolk Chronicle of January 27th, 1900 reported on the sudden death of 54 year old Alfred Brighton at the parish Reading Room in Great Ellingham on the previous Tuesday, the 23rd January. At the Inquest held on the following day, Alfred’s wife Sarah Ann Brighton told the County Coroner…

1906: Perfect Attendance Medals Lost through Mumps

Posted on October 1, 2019January 28, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Great Ellingham School (Girls) possibly early 1900s. Are the boys in the adjacent classroom? Photograph courtesy of Ray Beales The 1906 annual prize distribution to scholars attending the Great Ellingham Board School took place during the middle of December. The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette reported that the prizes were given out by Mr W…

Charles Stubbings, Butcher & Farmer, at Town Green

Posted on August 5, 2019January 28, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

1881 Census The 1881 census finds 65 year old butcher and farmer, Charles Stubbings, living with his wife Ann (also aged 65) and 29 year old son Charles (also a butcher) living in Town Green in Great Ellingham. 1885 Auction Four years later, a notice appeared in the Norwich Mercury of 3 October 1885 for…

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