Extract from the map attached to a Conveyance dated 11 October 1964Courtesy J & A Hughes Homelea Farm is tucked away along a ‘driftway’ off Penhill Road. Historically, the road is also referred to as Penhill Lane and Pen Hill. In Part I, we established that the farmhouse was probably built between 1843 and 1861….
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Harry Rix’s Early Boyhood Recollections of Great Ellingham – Long Street
Many written accounts of ‘everyday histories’ focus on prominent figures and major events. However, it is the documenting of the working class which preserves the lived experiences of ordinary people. We are indebted to Great Ellingham man Harry Rix. In 2001, 80 year old Harry decided to record some of his boyhood memories of the…
William Arthur Bush successfully bids for Rookery Farm at Auction
William Arthur Bush may well have been in residence at Rookery Farm when he bid for the farm at auction. Auction At the auction on the 9th September, 1910, held at the Royal Hotel, Attleborough, Rookery Farm was sold in four lots. William Bush successfully bid for Lots 1 and 4, which included the majority…
Harry Partridge, Poultry Farmer & Home Guard
Kelly’s Directory of 1937 shows Harry Partridge as a poultry farmer at the ‘Firs’ in Great Ellingham. The Firs is a property to the southern end of Long Street which was also known as Fir Cottage. Harry Partridge was one of seven poultry dealers or poultry farmers in the village at that time. Great Ellingham…
Two Closely Connected Farms in Long Street
At the beginning of the 19th century, Francis Parke owned a farm (which included a farmhouse, barn, yard, garden, outbuildings and some 59 acres) in Long Street, Great Ellingham. Parke also owned an additional nearby barn. Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind…
Memories of the Lebbell family’s Blacksmith’s Smithy & Shop
Sue Fay spent her early life in the village of Great Ellingham and has connection to many Great Ellingham families, including her paternal line of Lebbell. Long Street with Lebbell’s Smithy to the right The Lebbell family had a smithy and shop in Long Street. Sue has a clear recollection of her family’s Smithy and…
A Case of Buying & Selling Game in Ignorance of the Law
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. Appearance before the Magistrates Great Ellingham butcher Alfred Partridge appeared before the magistrates at the East Harling Petty Sessions in early October 1906. He was charged with selling game otherwise than to a licensed dealer….
Children of Great Ellingham Board School’s Annual Treat
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. The Eastern Daily Press of 19 August, 1903 reported on the Annual Treat for the children attending the Great Ellingham Board School, which took place on Friday the 14th August. 180 children were driven through…