Appearing in the edition of the Eastern Daily Press of the 7th September, 1948, was the notice of a forthcoming Auction of a ‘very desirable small farm’ in Great Ellingham. ‘The Cemetery Farm’ was said to comprise of a comfortable farmhouse which had two sitting rooms and five bedrooms. It also had a substantial range…
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Postcards – a great way of keeping in touch …
In their day, postcards were a very popular way of keeping in touch with family and friends, and also with traders. Picture postcards included portraits of the famous, images of events and scenes of towns and villages. There were also comic postcards and greeting cards. In a time where there were several postal collections and…
Private Eddie George Nichols – Norfolk Regiment
The Norfolk Record Office holds the originals of the burial registers for the Parish Church of St James, Great Ellingham, going back to 1630. The mortal remains of countless inhabitants of Great Ellingham (and, sometimes, people from further afield), have been laid to rest in the churchyard during the last four hundred years or more….