Claim for Rent & Rates on the Stone Cottage in Bow Street
A case of ‘Strange Contradictions’ was reported by the Norfolk News in their edition of 20th July…
Places and Buildings
1902: Auction of A Capital Freehold Brick Tower Windmill
Salter Simpson & Sons of Attleborough and Bury St Edmunds inserted a notice in the edition of…
The First Occasion on Record of a Confirmation Service at the Parish Church
1907 The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of 9th March 1907, reported that the Bishop of Ipswich…
William & Sarah Chaplin
William Chaplin and Sarah Bailey married in Great Ellingham Church on April 30th, 1767. Their first son,…
James Matthews – Gamekeeper to Farmer
Memorial Inscription After 120 years, the inscription on the gravestone for James Matthews of Great Ellingham which…
Did Alice Jessup Own and Occupy the Rose & Crown?
Commissioner’s Particulars & Valuation of c.1800 The names of the owners and occupiers of the various lands…
The Barnard Family of Bury Hall
Headstone found in the churchyard of St James, Great Ellingham. Sarah Barnard wife of James Barnard of…
Cottages opposite Mr Neave’s Shop in Church Street Burnt to the Ground
1903: Report of the Fire in the Eastern Daily Press According to the report appearing in the…
1874 – Sale by Auction of Cottages in Bow Street
The Norwich Mercury dated 29th August 1874, contained a notice of a sale of property by Public…
Smoking Concert at the Crown Inn
The Eastern Daily Press of Saturday 26th April 1902 reported on a Smoking Concert held the previous…