Church of St James Great Ellingham Property deeds are an extremely useful source of information for local and family historians. Not least for providing details of the owners and occupiers of properties over the years. However, deeds can also provide other snippets of information, particularly with regard to adjoining or nearby land. In this particular…
Category: Neeve
Ye Olde Thatche Shoppe from the 1950s
Until just after the turn of the 21st century, the fine Grade II listed house (near to the Crown Public House) in Church Street included one of the village stores. Photograph taken January 2019 Earlier History It is thought that the former copyhold building was once a medieval manor hall house. I have traced the…
Medieval Manor Hall House in Church Street – Part II
Daniel & Bridget Lister’s Ownership c.1769-1799 We pick up the story of the owners and occupiers of the fine thatched building in Church Street (and an adjacent House), following the death of widow Bridget Lister in 1802. You can read Part I of the story here. Although captured over 100 years later, the postcard shows…
F W Neeve – Grocer Draper Milliner Outfitter Dressmaker & General Supply Stores
F W Neeve’s Shop in Church Street. Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin Messrs Neeve & Neave – the two owners of different Supply Stores Between the census of 1911 and the publication of Kelly’s Directory of 1912, Frederick Neeve put his shop sign above the door to his premises in Church Street, Great Ellingham. The name…
Arthur J Pollard takes over Neeve’s Shop in Church Street
Arthur Pollard outside his shop Ye Olde Thatche Shoppe. Postcard Carol Ewin The Pollard Family arrive in Great Ellingham Arthur John Pollard and his wife Bessie (Ann Elizabeth) came to Great Ellingham with their 7 year old daughter Mary and son Cyril in 1926. They moved into the shop in Church Street from which Frederick…