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Category: Baptist Church

Series of ‘Penny Readings’ benefiting the British School

Posted on August 5, 2019February 23, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Illustration by Christine Fuller What were Penny Readings? According to Wikipedia, “The penny reading was a form of popular public entertainment that arose in the United Kingdom in the middle of the 19th century, consisting of readings and other performances, for which the admission charged was one penny.” Penny Readings with Entertainment in Great Ellingham…

The Sudden Death of Pastor James Cragg

Posted on July 25, 2019October 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Great Ellingham Baptist Church 2019 The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of Saturday October 4th, 1856 referred to an Inquest held on the body of the Baptist Minister of Great Ellingham, forty year old James Cragg. It was reported that James Cragg had been “perfectly well in the course of the morning visiting some of…

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