It is not until the 1901 census that I find the name ‘Swamp Lane’ recorded on the census returns. However, earlier electoral registers going back to at least 1878, refer to the area as ‘The Swamp’ or ‘Swamp’. Nevertheless, some of the census returns prior to 1901 refer to the few cottages along the lane…
Category: Higgins
Marriage at the Baptist Chapel celebrated at The Manse
Illustration Christine Fuller The Downham Market Gazette of Saturday 23 April, 1910, reported the following: GREAT ELLINGHAMThe wedding took place at the Baptist Chapel on Saturday last, of Mr C Higgins and Miss A BurrowsThe bridegroom’s father (the Rev. W Higgins) conducted the service. The bride was attended by Gwendoline Higgins as bridesmaid and Master…
H J Neave’s Supply Stores in Church Street
The above image may well have been captured at the turn of the 20th century. The name ‘H J NEAVE’ can just be seen above the door of the shop. Perhaps the proprietor, Herbert Joseph Neave and his wife Mary, are amongst the four individuals standing outside the shop. Some 100 years earlier, the Rose…
Auction at The Manse
The former home of the Higgins Family Reverend Higgins arrives at the Manse During 1906, the Reverend William Higgins with his wife and some of his children, arrived in Great Ellingham. William Higgins came to the village to take up the pastorate at the Baptist Church. Family Life Born in Poole, William Higgins married Emmeline…