The former Parsonage with the adjacent school room The blue arrow indicates the position of the Parish Room & ParsonageExtract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Revised 1904 Land gifted by Lord Walsingham Here we look at the history of The Parsonage in Great Ellingham and the earlier use of the…
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Great Ellingham welcomes Evacuees during World War II
Operation Pied Piper Two days before Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany, the government initiated Operation Pied Piper. On 1st September, 1939, over 1.5 million people including some 800,00 children were evacuated from urban areas to the countryside. A further evacuation followed in June 1940. Like many rural towns and villages, Great Ellingham…
Villagers in Contravention of World War II Blackout Regulations
Emergency Powers Just days before the outbreak of the Second World War, the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 came into effect. This new legislation gave the government “special powers to take almost any action necessary to carry out the war successfully.” The new powers controlled many aspects of everyday life during the war – including…
‘Keen Agriculturalist’ Henry Colman dies aged 84
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…
Choir Stalls Painted Dark Green
Great Ellingham Parish Church of St James St James is fundamentally a mid-14th century church. Kelly’s Directory of 1904, describes the church as “a spacious building of flint, with stone dressings, in an Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north porch and an embattled western tower with spire, containing 5…
The Annual Tea and Social Evening of Great Ellingham Cricket Club
Illustration by Christine Fuller The Norwich Mercury of 3rd December 1904, reported on the Cricket Club’s annual tea and social evening held in the Council School in Great Ellingham, on the previous Friday. It was reported that the club had played nine matches of which they had won six, lost two and drawn one. The…