A chance discovery of a newspaper notice of a marriage between a Great Ellingham shopkeeper and the daughter of a ‘gentleman’ from the nearby town of Attleborough, led to me to wonder whether the bride could later be described a ‘deserted wife’. From the Norfolk Chronicle of the 23rd May, 1868: MarriageKING-SPARROW on the 12th…
Category: Church Street
Timeline of the History of The Crown
Church Street including the Old Thatche Shoppe to the left, Islay House to the right and the Crown Public House with adjoining shops in the centre. Date unknownAttleborough Heritage Group For centuries, the Crown Public House has been an integral part of Great Ellingham. It is one of five known pubs in Great Ellingham and…
Great Ellingham Primitive Methodist Chapel
Postcard Ewin Family Collection A Primitive Methodist Chapel was built in Great Ellingham in 1843. Although the Great Ellingham Tithe Map of 16th December 1843, lists the Baptist Chapel in Long Street, it does not list the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Church Street. However it may be that the associated survey to the Tithe Map…
Joseph Warren is the next custodian of Cemetery Farm
Extract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Revised 1904 In 1862, 31 year old Joseph Warren inherited two farms in Great Ellingham. The farms had belonged to John Whittred, his late maternal grandfather. The larger of the two farms, later known as Cemetery Farm (today Home Farm), was purchased by John…
Mrs Mary Louisa Limmer, native of Great Ellingham
I find it fascinating (but I guess it’s not unusual) just how many ‘Great Ellingham families’ link. These connections are, of course, usually by marriage. The following report was published in the Diss Express on Friday 12th May 1933: DICKLEBURGHDEATHOne of the most respected inhabitants of the village has passed away in the person of…
Thomas Warren buys the Browne Family’s Long Street Farm
Extract from the Indenture of Bargain & Sale 5 November 1819 William Ripper Coe & Others to Thomas Warren & his TrusteeCourtesy David & Julia Matthews From 1724 to at least 1819, the Browne family owned and occupied a farm at the northern end of Long Street. Much later, the farm became known as ‘Broadmarsh…
Builder, Decorator & Undertaker Harry Rix
Harry Rix’s Business CardCourtesy Elizabeth Neil Henry Charles Rix was born on the 21st December, 1892, in Barton Turf, Norfolk. He was the eldest of three children of Henry Robert Rix and his wife Mary Elizabeth nèe London. Henry Charles was known to the family as ‘Harry’. Harry’s mother died on the 5th January, 1897….
The History of Glenfield House & Cottage – Part I
Photograph taken December 2023 Despite many changes over the last two centuries, the above scene at the corner of Attleborough Road and Church Street, will still be recognisable to those who lived in village at the turn of the 19th century. In this article we look at the history of Glenfield House and Glenfield Cottage….
The History of Glenfield House & Cottage – Part II
Photograph taken December 2023 Great Ellingham is fortunate to have a wealth of historical houses. Many of these may have narrowly escaped the fate of demolition, as happened to so many of the village’s old cottages. Glenfield House and Glenfield Cottage comprise the characterful thatched house standing along the Attleborough Road, near to the junction…
The History of Glenfield House & Cottage – Part III
Photograph taken December 2023 In Parts I and II of the ‘History of Glenfield House & Cottage”, we looked at the owners and occupiers of this delightful thatched and tiled house from around 1762 until 1865. Here in Part III, we continue the story. ‘Glenfield’ It is only in relatively recent times that the thatched…