Illustration Christine Fuller The following appeared in the Norwich Mercury on the 13th December, 1884: ALLEGED FELONYAt the Occasional Court House – present Rev. J Spurgin, Jos. Saunders, Great Ellingham, labourer, was charged by P.C. Fisher with stealing three hens at Great Ellingham on the 28th November, the property of Mr Warren.Prisoner was remanded to…
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Timeline of the History of The Crown
Church Street including the Old Thatche Shoppe to the left, Islay House to the right and the Crown Public House with adjoining shops in the centre. Date unknownAttleborough Heritage Group For centuries, the Crown Public House has been an integral part of Great Ellingham. It is one of five known pubs in Great Ellingham and…
18th Century Owners of ‘Daddocks’ later called Tanyard Farm
Tanyard Farm. Photograph Lucinda Bell-Tye Tanyard Farm is one of Great Ellingham’s wonderful historic buildings. Norfolk Heritage Explorer mentions that the origins of this Grade II listed property may well date back to the 14th or 15th century. It was built as an open hall house. It has a timber-frame with a rendered wattle and…
Joseph Warren is the next custodian of Cemetery Farm
Extract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Revised 1904 In 1862, 31 year old Joseph Warren inherited two farms in Great Ellingham. The farms had belonged to John Whittred, his late maternal grandfather. The larger of the two farms, later known as Cemetery Farm (today Home Farm), was purchased by John…
Hannah Carter and her Illegitimate Children
Many family histories will include children born ‘out of wedlock’. However, do we consider the attitudes of others towards the mothers, and whether the illegitimate births impacted on their future as well as the future of their children? Robert & Sarah Carter Church of St James, Great Ellingham On the 24th September, 1826, Stow Bedon…
Charles Jaggs, Landlord of the Chequers Hotel!
At some point before 1923, Charles and Emma Jaggs arrived in Great Ellingham to take over at the Chequers Inn. Until then, the Chequers had been run by members of the same family since at least 1871. Local man Ellis Carter had been landlord of the pub for over 30 years before he ‘called it…
Labourer, William Carter Kerrison, charged with stealing a shirt
Illustration Christine Fuller The Eastern Evening News of the 8th January, 1906, included the following snippet: At an Occasional Court at Old Buckenham before Major E G Keppel, William Carter Kerrison, Great Ellingham, labourer, was charged by Police-Sergeant Parsley with stealing a shirt from a linen line, the property of George Littleproud, Swan Inn, Attleborough,…
James Carter – a Drunk & Disorderly Baker
Illustration Christine Fuller Towards the end of July, 1874, Great Ellingham baker, James Carter, appeared before the Magistrates at East Harling. Police Constable Richard Hannant found Carter to be drunk and disorderly at Great Ellingham on the 9th July. The Magistrates found James Carter guilty of the offence. He was fined £1-8-0d (one pound and…
The History of Glenfield House & Cottage – Part III
Photograph taken December 2023 In Parts I and II of the ‘History of Glenfield House & Cottage”, we looked at the owners and occupiers of this delightful thatched and tiled house from around 1762 until 1865. Here in Part III, we continue the story. ‘Glenfield’ It is only in relatively recent times that the thatched…
Magistrates order Nehemiah Carter to contribute towards his Wife’s Care
A Workhouse was intended to provide work and shelter for the most poverty stricken members of society. However, many of the Victorian Workhouses operated with prison-like conditions. Accordingly it was only the desperate who would seek the shelter of the workhouse. Nevertheless by the latter part of the Victorian era, workhouses became more of a…