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…
Category: Bow Street
Rector of Wilby, William Lobb, buys Cady’s Bow Street Property
Just months after being awarded an allotment upon Anchor Common under the Great Ellingham Inclosures, George Cady sold his property and land in Bow Street. Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Original held at Norfolk Record Office. Russell James Colman Plans. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. With kind permission of NRO The black dots on…
George Cady’s Inclosure Act Award in 1802
Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84. All rights reserved Norfolk Record Office. With kind permission of NRO At the turn of the 19th century, George Cady owned a messuage and land in Bow Street. He had inherited the property from his brother William Cady. The brothers’…
George Cady settles his late Brother’s Debt to John Barnard
When George Cady’s brother William died in the February of 1790, George inherited his brother’s real estate in Great Ellingham. This land and property had once belonged to the brothers’ father, Thomas Cady. The black dot on the above extract from the 1802 Great Ellingham Inclosure Map shows the position of Cady’s property in Bow…
William Cady inherits Property in Bow Street
On the death of his father, Thomas Cady, in 1764, William Cady inherited all his father’s real estate in Great Ellingham. This included: one acre of land lying in Great Ellingham between the lands late of Issac Harvey before that James Harvey in part towards the west and the lands now or late of George…
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…
Moving Forward but with a Link to the Past
Extract from Painting by B Aldous c.2006. Courtesy Angela Crocker & the Aldous family Population Although Great Ellingham saw a decrease in the population during the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, the populace steadily increased from the 1920s. 1831-1921 Back in 1831, there were some 882 people living in the…
1865 Auction Sale of Barnaby Barnard’s Properties in Bow Street
During the early to mid-nineteenth century, Wymondham born Barnaby Ezekiel Barnard (also known as Barnabas Ezekiel Barnard), a yeoman, of Rockland St Peter, owned several properties in Great Ellingham. In his last will and testament, he appointed the Reverend William Bird (also of Rockland St Peter), and Ellis Turner, a farmer of Caston, as his…