Until just after the turn of the 21st century, the fine Grade II listed house (near to the Crown Public House) in Church Street included one of the village stores. Photograph taken January 2019 Earlier History It is thought that the former copyhold building was once a medieval manor hall house. I have traced the…
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Former Copyhold Medieval Manor Hall House becomes Freehold
We left Part II of the story of the former Medieval Manor Hall House in Church Street at the death of Daniel William Cocking Warren on the 17th July, 1908. F W Neeve’s Shop in Church Street. Courtesy Carol Ewin 63 years earlier, Daniel Warren (then a child) inherited the former manor hall house (and…
William Bird Proves his Case
Chequers Lane. Date unknown. Postcard courtesy of Carol Ewin In 1891, William Bird had a grocer’s shop in Chequers Lane, Great Ellingham. He was also a coal dealer. William’s wife Anna minded the shop whilst her husband delivered coal to his customers by horse and cart. County Court Case One such customer was John Hawes….
Rose’s Messuage, Shop & Garden
1900 House & Shop in Church Street The early 1900s postcard shows Herbert J Neave’s Shop and an adjoining House in Church Street. This is the same House and Shop which William Rose owned and occupied over 100 years earlier. c.1800 The Statement of Claims c.1799 for the Inclosures of Great Ellingham reveal a claim…
Thomas Mann’s Assignment
At the beginning of 1846, James Rose, a shopkeeper of Great Ellingham, published a notice in a local newspaper. This Notice was headed ‘Thomas Mann’s Assignment‘. What was the story behind the Notice? Indenture dated 27th October, 1843 The Notice dated 12th January, 1846 was printed in the Norfolk Chronicle five days later. James Rose…
Medieval Manor Hall House in Church Street – Part I
The fine thatched building standing in Church Street (not far from the Crown Public House), is one of the oldest properties in Great Ellingham. The Grade II listed building was (in relatively recent times) known as “Ye Olde Thatche Shoppe“. Thought to have been a medieval Manor Hall House (comprising a public hall with living…
Medieval Manor Hall House in Church Street – Part II
Daniel & Bridget Lister’s Ownership c.1769-1799 We pick up the story of the owners and occupiers of the fine thatched building in Church Street (and an adjacent House), following the death of widow Bridget Lister in 1802. You can read Part I of the story here. Although captured over 100 years later, the postcard shows…
F W Neeve – Grocer Draper Milliner Outfitter Dressmaker & General Supply Stores
F W Neeve’s Shop in Church Street. Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin Messrs Neeve & Neave – the two owners of different Supply Stores Between the census of 1911 and the publication of Kelly’s Directory of 1912, Frederick Neeve put his shop sign above the door to his premises in Church Street, Great Ellingham. The name…
William Rose dies within hours of the 1841 census
Death of Retired Shopkeeper Retired shopkeeper, 65 year old William Rose, died in Great Ellingham on the 6th June 1841. He may well have died just a few hours before the National Census which was undertaken that very night. 1841 Census William’s name does not appear on the census. His 60 year old widow, Amelia,…
James Rose, Grocer & Postmaster
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…