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Category: Lincoln

Great Ellingham’s Valentines

Posted on February 14, 2022October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

For centuries, children have been given the name ‘Valentine‘ whether or not they actually came into the world on the 14th February. I wondered whether there had been any ‘Valentines’ in Great Ellingham? Valentine Garratt Church of St James, Great Ellingham Marriage The marriage between Valentine Garratt of Gressenhall and Elizabeth Frost of Great Ellingham…

Auction of Two Semi-Detached Dwelling-Houses in Long Street

Posted on February 1, 2022October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Royal Hotel, Attleborough. Author’s own collection The Eastern Daily Press of Saturday 10th December, 1910, included notice of a forthcoming auction at the Royal Hotel, Attleborough. Amongst the lots being sold, were two semi-detached dwelling-houses with outbuildings and gardens in Long Street, Great Ellingham. The auction would take place on the 15th December. The Particulars…

Increase & Decline in the Population of Great Ellingham in the 19th Century

Posted on January 1, 2022October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Increase At the beginning of the 19th century, and over a period of 30 years, the population of Great Ellingham gradually increased from 655 in 1801 to 882 in 1831. Decrease However, save for a small increase in the populace in 1871, there began a steady decline in the population over the next 70 years….

How many Villagers had the first name ‘Christmas’?

Posted on December 19, 2021October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

With Christmas fast approaching, I thought it would be interesting to see whether, in addition to Christmas Chaplin, there were any other villagers in days gone by with the name ‘Christmas’ – either as a first name or a family name. I have not discovered any family with the surname ‘Christmas’, but if you know…

Lincoln Family’s Migration from Great Ellingham to Yorkshire

Posted on October 8, 2021October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Movement of People Like many rural communities during the Victorian period, Great Ellingham saw movement in the population. In 1836, several families left the village for a new life ‘on the other side of the world’. A few were ‘forced’ to embark on a journey to Van Diemen’s Land (later Tasmania) following a criminal conviction….

Ted & Alice Lincoln of The Cock Inn, Stanton

Posted on October 1, 2021October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

It can be difficult to ‘fill in the gaps’ between the birth or baptism of our ancestor, their marriage (if indeed one took place), and their ultimate death. All these ‘rights of passage’ are almost certainly recorded in the parish registers, which can date from as early as the sixteenth century. However in relatively recent…

John Lincoln, son of Robert & Esther

Posted on October 1, 2021April 19, 2025 by Heather Etteridge

I am always delighted to hear from descendants of people who once lived in Great Ellingham. An email from Andrea Hunter is no exception. Andrea kindly sent me a copy of her photograph, the subject of which is believed to be John Lincoln who was born in Great Ellingham in 1839. Andrea descends from John…

Harriet Stubbings née Barnard

Posted on July 1, 2021October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Harriet Stubbings née Barnard. Image extracted from a Wilkins family photograph. Courtesy of James Margetts Emigration at 52 Widow Harriet Stubbings was 52 years old when, in December 1913, she left Great Ellingham for a new life ‘on the other side of the world’. Harriet accompanied her daughter Florence, and Florence’s extended family, on the…

‘Golden Couple’ Joseph & Susanna Dye

Posted on March 21, 2021October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Joseph & Susanna Dye with their family c.1941. Photograph courtesy of Bryan Dye The above photograph is a fabulous snapshot of a couple celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary, surrounded by generations of their family. Marriage Joseph Alfred Dye married Susanna Lincoln in 1891. They were both aged 21, and from long-established Great Ellingham families. Both…

Lance Corporal John Lincoln

Posted on March 16, 2021October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

John Lincoln (1876-1917) taken whilst serving as a British Soldier during the Boer War. Photograph courtesy of Bryan Dye ‘John Lincoln’ is amongst sixteen names inscribed on the memorial tablet set into the wall near to the west door of St James’s Church. The tablet remembers the Great Ellingham men who gave their lives for…

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