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Category: Fincham

The History of the Double Cottage built on Pennell Common – Part II

Posted on November 23, 2024November 23, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

Double Cottage at Penhill Road Photograph courtesy of the McDouall family This double cottage has stood along Penhill Road since at least 1811. Like many other historical houses in the village, the cottage has undergone many changes over the years. Furthermore, it will have seen the comings and goings of many occupants. We left Part…

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…

Great Ellingham welcomes Evacuees during World War II

Posted on February 1, 2023November 13, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Operation Pied Piper Two days before Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany, the government initiated Operation Pied Piper. On 1st September, 1939, over 1.5 million people including some 800,00 children were evacuated from urban areas to the countryside. A further evacuation followed in June 1940. Like many rural towns and villages, Great Ellingham…

Rector of Wilby, William Lobb, buys Cady’s Bow Street Property

Posted on December 28, 2022October 20, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Just months after being awarded an allotment upon Anchor Common under the Great Ellingham Inclosures, George Cady sold his property and land in Bow Street. Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Original held at Norfolk Record Office. Russell James Colman Plans. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind permission of NRO The black dots on…

George Cady’s Inclosure Act Award in 1802

Posted on December 1, 2022October 7, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office. With kind permission of NRO At the turn of the 19th century, George Cady owned a messuage and land in Bow Street. He had inherited the property from his brother William Cady. The brothers’…

William & Virtue Fincham’s Home in Penhill Road

Posted on May 1, 2022October 7, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Although most census returns will tell us roughly where people lived in the village, the census does not always tell us exactly where along a lane or road the individuals or families lived. The census returns of 1891, 1901 and 1911 show that William and Virtue Fincham lived in Penhill Road. With the help of…

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