Fellow local historian, Cynthia Budd, has meticulously researched the men listed on the Great War Memorials throughout the Shellrock Benefice (Great Ellingham, Little Ellingham, Rockland All Saints, Rockland St Peter and Shropham with Snetterton). She has kindly allowed me to reproduce her tributes to the Great Ellingham men, on the Great Ellingham One-Place Study website….
Category: Hall
Auction of Three ‘Capital Detached’ Cottages in Long Street
Royal Hotel Attleborough On the 14th June, 1906, an auction of property in Attleborough, Besthorpe, Bunwell, Deopham and Great and Little Ellingham took place at the Royal Hotel, Attleborough. Owned by the late Mr W Dawes, the properties were sold in 12 Lots. Great Ellingham Cottages The properties described in Lots 9, 10 and 11…
John & Henrietta Kerridge move into ‘High View’
‘High View’ Long Street the former home of the Kerridge family. Photograph taken February 2023 The charming house known as ‘High View’ stands on the western side at the southern end of Long Street. It was likely built c.1912. In 1921, the house was occupied by the Hall family. However by 1925, the Hall family…
Bricks wheelbarrowed across the fields for ‘High View’
‘High View’, Long Street. Photograph taken February 2023 Legend has it that the delightful house known as ‘High View’ in Long Street was built at the same time as the Wayland Infirmary in Attleborough. It has also been said that the builders carted the bricks across the fields from the Wayland Infirmary to Long Street…
William Wretham of Norwich buys Bow Street Property at Auction
As a consequence of the end of a life interest, the late Reverend William Lobb’s house and land in Bow Street was sold in 1845. The Location of the Property Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind permission of…
Warren’s Cottage with Yard & Garden occupied by Wretham & Halls
At the turn of the 19th Century, Jeffery Warren owned several dwellings in Great Ellingham. Save for the cottage he lived in, the remainder were let out to tenants. Although Warren died in the March of 1800, his properties continued to be let by his executors. One such property was the cottage, yard and garden…
Tragic loss despite being ‘Kind and Careful’ with their Children’
This story touches on the tragic death of one year old Harriet Maud Hall. I thought carefully about whether to write about Harriet’s death in 1890. It is not a happy story, but it reflects the reality of life, particularly at that time. Tragedies happened – and, unfortunately, still do. Accordingly, I came to the…
Guilty of Theft of Sack of Oats from John Dixon
Odd Hands In January 1916, farmer John Dixon employed two local labourers, Walter Lister and Charles Hall, to help with the threshing of a stack of oats. Lister and Hall worked at Dixon’s farm at Town Green, Great Ellingham, as ‘odd hands’. Magistrates’ Court Lister and Hall subsequently found themselves before the Magistrates at East…
The Hall Brothers’ Misdemeanors
1845 Court Hearing In October, 1845, brothers William and Daniel Hall appeared at the County Quarter Sessions in Norwich. They were charged with breaking and entering, and taking items from the home of John Sayer, a miller, of Great Ellingham, on the 20th July. William and Daniel were alleged to have taken seven keys, one…
Church Farmhouse and Nearby Cottages
Accordingly to Historic England, Church Farmhouse, a Grade II Listed Building) was built in the early 17th century. However, the present owners believe it was built or evolved much earlier, as there are parts of the building which may date from the 14th or 15th century. Farmhouse owned and occupied by Benjamin Turner At the…