Illustration Christine FullerThe illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. The following report of a case at the East Harling Petty Sessions appeared in the Diss Express published on the 12th July 1946: NO LICENCEFor keeping a dog without a licence, Louis Arthur Smith, Hill [Mill] House,…
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William Arthur Bush successfully bids for Rookery Farm at Auction
William Arthur Bush may well have been in residence at Rookery Farm when he bid for the farm at auction. Auction At the auction on the 9th September, 1910, held at the Royal Hotel, Attleborough, Rookery Farm was sold in four lots. William Bush successfully bid for Lots 1 and 4, which included the majority…
The Creation of Great Ellingham Parish Council
Parish Administration Prior to 1894 Prior to the establishment of Parish Councils, the responsibility for the day to day administration of the parish fell to the rector and some of the more affluent landowners – particularly those who could read, write and keep accounts. In Great Ellingham, the parish ‘officers’ such as the churchwardens, the…
George Barlow is fined for Keeping a Dog without a Licence
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. Court Appearance George Barlow, a farmer of Great Ellingham, appeared at the Petty Sessions at East Harling in the June of 1876. He was charged by J Tinton, a Supervisor of Excise, for keeping a…