Following the departure of the Barnard family from The Hall at Great Ellingham, the next occupiers were Henry and Mary Cobon. Great Ellingham Hall. Photograph taken September 2020 Old Hall Farmhouse in Great Ellingham is a Grade II listed building. British Listed Buildings website describes the c.1570 building as timber framed with wattle and daub….
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Ploughing Match at the Queens Head
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. The Eastern Daily Press of 12th June, 1906 reported on the third annual ploughing match held at the Queens Head Inn, on the previous Wednesday. Under the stewardship of G Banham and D Woodrow, the…
The Tenant of Bush Green Farm
Property Owner Mary Smith Amongst the claimants referrred to in the Great Ellingham Inclosure Statement of Claims of 1799, was Mary Smith. At No.53 of the Schedule, she claimed: ‘One Messuage and 20A (20 acres) of land, occupied by Mary Steel. Of which 1A 2R (1 acre and two roods) are copyhold of Bury Hall’…
Tenants Served with Notices to Quit
Notice to Quit addressed to Mrs Mary Howe dated 31st March 1874. Courtesy of Wymondham Town Archive The Notices When Mary Howe and Samuel Chaplin received Notice to Quit their respective homes in Bow Street in the April of 1874, were they expecting the Notice or did it come ‘out of the blue’? The Notice…
William Barnard in Financial Difficulties at Bury Hall
Bury Hall, Great Ellingham. Courtesy of Emma Wilson To be unable to meet the demands of creditors would have been bad enough for William Barnard and his family to endure, but it seems that this Barnard family suffered additional heartache. William Barnard A son of James and Sarah Barnard (née Rose), William Barnard was born…
Auction of the Crown with ‘Good Potential’
Crown Inn with adjoining shops. Postcard courtesy of Carol Ewin 1845 Auction Lydia Barnard had been the licensee of the Crown Inn at Great Ellingham for many years prior to the proposed sale of the premises at Auction. The Norwich Mercury of Saturday, September 13th, 1845 included a notice “To Brewers” of the forthcoming Auction…
Caught by Footprints on the Ground!
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. On their return from chapel on Sunday, 3rd December 1865, Charles and Harriet Barnard may well have been shocked to find that their home had been broken into, and money stolen from their shop till….
‘Keen Agriculturalist’ Henry Colman dies aged 84
Great Ellingham Parish Church The Norwich Mercury of 21st October 1905 reported on the funeral which had taken place at the Parish Church in Great Ellingham of Mr Henry Colman. It was reported that Henry Colman was a keen agriculturalist and that he regularly attended Norwich Market. His last trip to the market was earlier…
Hawhill Farm demolished in the 1940s
Until the Second World War, Hawhill Farm (also known or referred to as Haw Hill Farm and Haugh Farm) was a substantial farm property located to the north-east of Stalland Common and Bush Green near to the boundary with Deopham. Extract from a map annexed to Auction Particulars for Hawhill Farm, Great Ellingham dated September…
John Chaplin – Ordered to Maintain his Mother
Court Appearances Drover, John Chaplin of Great Ellingham appeared before the Magistrates at East Harling in June 1873 charged with refusing to obey an order made by the Justices on a previous occasion, for the maintenance of his mother. The Magistrates imposed a penalty and costs of £1 9s. John Chaplin had been before the…