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Category: Bartram

Legacy funds two cottages at the Baptist Burial Ground

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

Extract from O.S. Map c.1945Courtesy Ray & Maureen Beales The blue arrow on the above extract from a map dated c.1945, shows the position of the ‘Burying Ground Cottages’ in Great Ellingham. However, the cottages were built over a century earlier. Tithe Map The Great Ellingham Tithe Map of 1843 shows a cottage and garden…

Increase & Decline in the Population of Great Ellingham in the 19th Century

Posted on January 1, 2022October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Increase At the beginning of the 19th century, and over a period of 30 years, the population of Great Ellingham gradually increased from 655 in 1801 to 882 in 1831. Decrease However, save for a small increase in the populace in 1871, there began a steady decline in the population over the next 70 years….

Great Ellingham’s Pubs and Beer-houses

Posted on April 5, 2021July 20, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

The Crown Public House in the centre. Courtesy of Attleborough Heritage Group Village pubs have always been a focal point of a community. Great Ellingham is no exception. During the Victorian period, Great Ellingham had five public houses, some of which were former beer-houses. Today, the village has one remaining pub. At the end of…

Postcards – a great way of keeping in touch …

Posted on November 1, 2020October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

In their day, postcards were a very popular way of keeping in touch with family and friends, and also with traders. Picture postcards included portraits of the famous, images of events and scenes of towns and villages. There were also comic postcards and greeting cards. In a time where there were several postal collections and…

John Bartram Bound Over to Keep the Peace for Six Months

Posted on March 1, 2020October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Court Case The Norfolk News of 1st April 1876, reported on a case heard at the East Harling Petty Sessions on the previous Tuesday. John Bartram described as a farmer of Great Ellingham was charged with using threatening language to William Myhill. Myhill was also a farmer of Great Ellingham. Bartram was bound over in…

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