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Category: Beales

Robert Beales, son of Philip and Sarah

Posted on August 3, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Great Ellingham Parish Church Baptism Philip Beales and his wife Sarah brought their infant son Robert for baptism at Great Ellingham Parish Church on December 4th, 1831. 1841 at Bow Street Around 9 years later, the census of 1841 finds 9 year old Robert Bales (Beales) with his parents, elder siblings James aged 15, George…

The Inhabitants of Chequers Lane – 1861 to 1911

Posted on July 28, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Postcard of Chequers Lane. Courtesy of Carol Ewin Although the Chequers Inn is mentioned in the census returns of 1841 and 1851, it is not until the census of 1861 that the name Chequers (or Chequer) Lane appears. It is therefore difficult to establish how many households were living in what we know today as…

James Beales convicted of Furious Driving – but which James?

Posted on July 28, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Illustration by Christine Fuller Charge In the December of 1865, a James Beales, labourer, of Great Ellingham appeared before the magistrates at East Harling, on a charge of furious driving on the highway leading from Great Ellingham to Attleborough. He was found guilty and adjudged to pay a penalty and costs of £2, with one…

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