Smallpox in Great Ellingham Amongst the outgoings listed in the Great Ellingham Parish Accounts for the year 1742, are entries for payments of relief by the Overseers of the Parish for three inhabitants of the village: “For the nursing and keeping William Winter in the time he had the small pox”; “For the nursing and…
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Thomas Johnson, a Victim of Smallpox
Illustration by Christine Fuller Thomas Johnson was buried at the Parish Church of Great Ellingham on January 23rd 1746/7. He most likely died of smallpox. An entry in the accounts in the Great Ellingham Town Book for the year 1746/7, appears as follows: “Paid to Isaac Meek for Nursing Thomas Johnson in small pox“. The…
The Inhabitants of Chequers Lane – 1861 to 1911
Postcard of Chequers Lane. Courtesy of Carol Ewin Although the Chequers Inn is mentioned in the census returns of 1841 and 1851, it is not until the census of 1861 that the name Chequers (or Chequer) Lane appears. It is therefore difficult to establish how many households were living in what we know today as…