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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…

Messuage built of the Tenement Howells at Town Green

Posted on November 1, 2020November 19, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

Elizabeth Barnard, Copyhold Tenant At the Manor Court of Buckenham Close Outsoken on the 13th November, 1793, and following the death of her husband, Elizabeth Barnard was admitted as a copyhold tenant of the same Court for her life under the Will of her husband, James Barnard. The Manor Court Books set out the copyhold…

A Bouquet of Lilies, Chrysanthemums & Heather

Posted on October 1, 2020October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Decorated window on the north side of the Church of St James, Great Ellingham Wedding Report The Eastern Daily Press of Tuesday, 30th September, 1913 reported on the wedding at St James’s Church, Great Ellingham, of Edward R Lincoln and Alice Rebecca Rivett. The event was said to have ‘aroused considerable local interest‘. Fast approaching…

Ploughing Match at the Queens Head

Posted on September 6, 2020October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Illustration by Christine Fuller The Eastern Daily Press of 12th June, 1906 reported on the third annual ploughing match held at the Queens Head Inn, on the previous Wednesday. Under the stewardship of G Banham and D Woodrow, the 44 competitors ploughed a field lent by Mr W Neale, with horses and plough lent by…

Messuage divided into Three Tenements lying in Churchgate

Posted on August 1, 2020November 19, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

During the 19th century, many of the dwellinghouses in the village of Great Ellingham were tenanted. Further, not all the landlords lived in the village. Late 17th Century Dwellinghouse in Church Street An example of this is a late 17th century dwellinghouse lying in what we today know as Church Street, just opposite Mill Farm….

Jane Houchen 1847-1925

Posted on May 12, 2020September 17, 2025 by Heather Etteridge

Sampler worked by Jane Houchen in 1858. Courtesy of Pauline Bezant Jane Houchen may well have been approaching her eleventh birthday when she completed this piece of needlework. In days gone by, ‘Samplers’ were produced by young girls as a means of showing their skill in needlework. Often worked in embroidery or cross-stitching, some Samplers…

Angelina Wright marries in Attleborough

Posted on April 1, 2020October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Parish Church, Attleborough. Postcard BCV Marriage between Angelina Wright & William Webster The announcement of the marriage of Great Ellingham born Angelina Wright appeared in the edition of the Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette dated 29th October, 1881. The marriage ceremony, officiated by the Reverend W C Safford, took place at St Mary’s Church, Attleborough….

‘Keen Agriculturalist’ Henry Colman dies aged 84

Posted on April 1, 2020October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Great Ellingham Parish Church The Norwich Mercury of 21st October 1905 reported on the funeral which had taken place at the Parish Church in Great Ellingham of Mr Henry Colman. It was reported that Henry Colman was a keen agriculturalist and that he regularly attended Norwich Market. His last trip to the market was earlier…

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