Home Cottage FarmPhotograph taken October 2023 Great Ellingham is fortunate to have some fantastic historical buildings. One such gem is a delightful farmhouse in Penhill Road. Today, this house is known as Home Cottage Farm. Situated at the far western end of Penhill Road, Home Cottage Farm is a stone’s throw from the parish boundary…
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Norwich born Sydney Claxton inherits Fir Cottage
On the 5th May, 1933, Sydney Thurston Claxton became the legal owner of Fir Cottage, Long Street, Great Ellingham. Claxton inherited the property from John Thomas Harbour who died in 1931. Two years earlier, John Harbour had inherited the property from his wife, Elizabeth Harbour, who died in 1929. John and Elizabeth Harbour did not…