The Inclosures Map for Great Ellingham of 1802 shows four connecting footways weaving their way through various inclosures of land between Long Street and the road leading to the town of Attleborough. However, these four footpaths (together with ten others), were ‘put by and discontinued ‘ by the Inclosure (Great Ellingham) Act of 1799. Extract…
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Robert Barnard of Great Ellingham Hall
Around the time of the Act of Parliament for the dividing, allotting and inclosing the commons and waste grounds in Great Ellingham c.1800, Robert Barnard is recorded as owning several properties as well as some 35 acres of land in the village. However save for 30 acres of land, the properties owned by Robert Barnard…
Fourteen Footways Discontinued by the Commissioners
Before the Great Ellingham Inclosure Act of 1799, there were several paths threading their way through the village. No doubt many of these footways were in constant use by the villagers to get from one part of the village to another, or to travel to the adjacent villages or towns. Some of these ancient paths…
A House Fit for a ‘King’
Great Ellingham is fortunate to have several fine listed buildings, with many of them situate in what today is known as Church Street. British Listed Buildings website describes Mill Farmhouse in Great Ellingham as a Grade II late seventeenth century timber framed farmhouse, on a flint plinth with rendered clay walls. The farmhouse also has…
Manors in the Parish of Great Ellingham
Manor of Bury Hall. Extract from 1867 copy Admission of James Matthews. Courtesy of Lucinda Bell-Tye.Manor of Ellingham Rectory. Extract from 1901 copy Admission of Ellis Houchen. Author’s personal collection.Manor of Ellingham Hall. Extract from 1854 copy Admission of Barnabas Ezekiel Barnard. Author’s personal collection. Copyhold Title Before the abolition of copyhold title by the…