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Charles & Frances Thilthorpe survived only by their daughter Thomasin

Posted on February 1, 2020October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Marriage and Children Charles Thilthorpe arrived in Great Ellingham with his wife Frances (neé Bunkall) sometime after their marriage in Watton on 11th October, 1772. Baptisms for at least eight children of Charles and Frances Thilthorpe appear in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers between 1774 and 1785. One entry confirms that Frances was formerly spinster…

Postcard Returns to Great Ellingham after 100 years

Posted on December 1, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Postcard sent from Great Ellingham by Lilian Field to Ada Warren in Higham Bury St Edmunds around 1911 I was delighted to be able to purchase this postcard and even more delighted to find that it had been used and that I knew exactly who had written it! A big clue to the identity of…

Court Appearance for Shopkeeper, Thomas Edwards

Posted on December 1, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Illustration by Christine Fuller On 11th November 1857, the Magistrates at East Harling Petty Sessions convicted Thomas Edwards, of Great Ellingham, of having in his shop a light weight. He was fined 5s with 11s costs. Where was Thomas Edward’s Shop? The 1851 census captures 30 year old labourer and grocer, Thomas Edwards, with his…

Edmund Houchen signs his Last Will & Testament in 1853

Posted on November 1, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

The surname Houchen has appeared in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers for many, many years with variations such as Howchen, Houchin. These alternative spellings also occur in the census returns. However I will keep to the spelling as ‘Houchen’ whether or not the spelling appears as such in the documentation to which I have referred….

Auction of an”Old-Established Blacksmith’s Shop”

Posted on August 14, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Timber Hill, Great Ellingham. Postcard Carol Ewin Auction at the Griffin Inn, Attleborough The property included in Lot 3 at the Auction being held at the Griffin Inn, Attleborough on Thursday September 13th, 1860, comprised “a substantially built and old-established Blacksmith’s Shop with dwellinghouse, yard and outbuildings” in Great Ellingham. The premises were said to…

William Shepherd: Enumerator District 5 Great Ellingham 1871 Census

Posted on August 10, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Rockland All Saints Church lies on a country lane less than a mile from the boundary with Great Ellingham. In the churchyard, I found a headstone for William Shepherd and his wife Abigail Warren Shepherd. The inscription on the headstone is clear: William Shepherd died August 19th, 1914 aged 82 years. His wife Abigail Warren…

Mrs Abigail Studd buried March 16th, 1867

Posted on August 9, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Great Ellingham Parish Church Abigail Studd was buried in the churchyard of Great Ellingham Parish Church on March 16th, 1867. She was aged 42 years. Abigail’s burial entry is one of only three burials for the name Studd in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers between 1813 and 1878. In the same period, there are no…

Jonathan Rivett – Charge of Furious Driving

Posted on August 6, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Illustration by Christine Fuller 1866 Court Appearance Jonathan Rivett of Great Ellingham appeared before the East Dereham Magistrates in the June of 1866. He pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a horse and cart furiously along Swan Lane in East Dereham on the 1st June. Rivett was fined £1 with costs of 8s. The…

Henry Warren – Harness Maker & Saddler

Posted on August 5, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

A Harness & Saddler Shop to the left of the postcard on the Corner of Church Street and Chequers Lane. Possibly dates between 1900-1913 Henry Warren was living and working in Great Ellingham as a harness maker from at least 1881 until some time after the 1911 census. But who was Henry Warren and where…

The Chequers Public House at the beginning of the 19th Century

Posted on August 5, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Chequers Public House. Date unknown. Photograph courtesy of Ray Beales 1800 Occupier of the Chequer Inn William Warren According to the Particulars and Valuation of the Parish of Great Ellingham taken by the Commissioners for the Inclosing of the Commons, Common Fields and Waste Lands in Great Ellingham in the year 1800, William Warren occupied…

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