Crown Public House in the centre with Cottage & shop(s) adjoining on the right Courtesy Attleborough Heritage Group Part I Part I looks at the history of the cottage adjoining the Crown Public House from around 1749 to 1819. In this blog, we take the history forward from William Rose’s purchase in 1819 to his…
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Part I – A History of the Cottage adjoining The Crown Public House
The Crown Public House with the ‘Cottage’ adjoining on the right (then two shops)Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin Cottage Adjoining the Messuage known as The Crown Historical deeds are extremely helpful when piecing together the history of a house. However even where old deeds survive, those earlier than the 20th century can be fairly complex to…
Landlords of The Crown spanning nearly 200 years!
The Crown Public House courtesy of Tony Brooks. Date unknown There has been a public house on the site of the present Crown Public House for well over two centuries. There is also evidence that in at least 1781, the pub was called ‘The Bell’. By 1800, it had become known as ‘The Rose &…
John Robert Barnard buys The Crown
Purchase On the 23rd November, 1810, carpenter, John Robert Barnard purchased The Crown Inn (together with nearby properties and land) from Benjamin and Frances Dennis. Barnard purchased the property with a mortgage of £500 from beer brewer, John Stephenson Cann of Wymondham. A survey of of Great Ellingham dated 1817-1819, shows ‘John Robert Barnard (son…
Town Green at the beginning of the 18th Century
Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. Norfolk Record Office Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office. With kind permission of NRONorth is to the top of the map The ‘triangle’ of Town Green will be familiar to those living in the village today as it was to…
Landlady Alice Jessup, formerly Leath née Clarke
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. Attleborough Heritage Group Rose & Crown At the turn of the 19th century, Alice Jessup ran the Rose & Crown Public House together with her second husband William Jessup….
Pair of Cottages become Owner Occupied after 150 years
Extract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Author’s Collection For nearly 150 years, two clay and tiled semi-detached cottages standing along the Attleborough Road, Great Ellingham, were occupied by tenants and not by the owners. During this time, the cottages saw the comings and goings of several families. However, the Wenn…
Sale of Reversion or Remainder in fee expectant on the decease of Widow
1818 Auction of Freehold Property On the 28th February, 1818, the Norfolk Chronicle published the notice of a forthcoming auction of premises in Great Ellingham. The auction would take place at four o’clock on the 12th March, 1818, at the Crown Public House in Great Ellingham. The premises appeared in two lots: Whereabouts was the…
Ellis Carter buys a Homestead at Town Green
In this blog, I follow a paper trail to uncover a succession of owners of a small farmhouse in Town Green, Great Ellingham. I begin with the auction of the property in 1884, and take the ownership back to at least 1800, and, perhaps, even further to the 1700s. 1884 Auction The Crown Public House…
Mary Dennis Inherits Property in Town Green
Legacy of Property and Land in Great Ellingham Anthony Porter of Great Ellingham died c.1786, and left all his freehold and copyhold lands in Great Ellingham to his niece, Mary Dennis (née Willomatt). At this time, Mary was living in the town of Watton, some 8 miles from Great Ellingham. Mary’s use and benefit of…