The Crown Public House with the ‘Cottage’ adjoining on the right (then two shops)Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin Cottage Adjoining the Messuage known as The Crown Historical deeds are extremely helpful when piecing together the history of a house. However even where old deeds survive, those earlier than the 20th century can be fairly complex to…
Category: Warren
The Tale of the Vanishing Linen!
Illustration by Christine Fuller 24 year old May Bush lived with her parents and siblings at Rookery Farm, Great Ellingham. May worked in the dairy for her father, farmer William Arthur Bush. She was proficient in dairy skills. Indeed, in the July of 1911, May received a commendation at the Butter Making Championships held at…
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…
Leeder’s Shop & House in Church Street
It was not until relatively recent times that property ownership in Britain became accessible and achievable. In the past, many houses were rented from private landlords. Many of these private landlords also owned other properties in different towns or villages – some of which were a distance from where they lived. Great Ellingham once comprised…
Warren’s Cottage with Yard & Garden occupied by Wretham & Halls
At the turn of the 19th Century, Jeffery Warren owned several dwellings in Great Ellingham. Save for the cottage he lived in, the remainder were let out to tenants. Although Warren died in the March of 1800, his properties continued to be let by his executors. One such property was the cottage, yard and garden…
Thomas Cady’s Purchase of Premises in Bow Street
Extract Mortgage Deed 8th August 1751 Thomas Cady to John Oddin. Courtesy Roger Banks Holly Croft Farm is one of the delightful older properties in Bow Street. The origins of this charming farmhouse may be as early as the seventeenth century – if not earlier. In this blog, we look at Thomas Cady and his…
1731 Warren & Thurlow Mortgage Property in the street called Engate
History of a Small Farm in Bow Street This is one of a series of blogs which tells the history of a small farm in Bow Street, Great Ellingham. We begin at 1731. Mortgage Extract from the 1731 Indenture of Mortgage between Ann Warren, Thomas Thurlow & John Amyas. Courtesy Roger Banks On the 13th…
John Godward, Worsted Weaver, of Great Ellingham
Towards the end of the 17th century, John Godward was one of at least two worsted weavers living and working in Great Ellingham. He lived at a time before the Georgian Period. The ‘British Throne’ was occupied by Mary II and her Dutch husband and cousin William III. They co-reigned from 1689 until Mary’s death…
Local Farriers, William Reynolds & Son
William Buchan Reynolds 1822-1886. Courtesy Ollie West Harrod’s Directory of 1878 lists William Reynolds & Son as farriers in Great Ellingham. Whilst a farrier is a skilled person with sound knowledge of shoeing all types of equine feet, William Reynolds was also a ‘cow leach’ (cow doctor) as well as veterinary surgeon. From Suffolk to…
Double Cottage in Long Street Built by Local Builder
‘Roselands’ Long Street Great Ellingham. Photograph taken September 2022 The delightful house with the name of ‘Roselands’ sits on the western side at the southern end of Long Street, Great Ellingham. It was built by a local builder during the mid-Victorian era. Over the last 160 years or so, the house will have seen the…