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Category: Church Street

Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse – Part V

Posted on April 1, 2022March 29, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

On the left is a fine thatched house (formerly a copyhold messuage) with a pair of cottages built onto the eastern wall (to the right) on the corner of Church Street (the Street) Chequers Lane & Long Street. Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin The Story of the Owners and Occupiers In Parts I, II, III and…

Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse – Part IV

Posted on April 1, 2022April 7, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Semi-detached cottages (once referred to as the ‘Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse’) with adjoining cottages on the right. Corner of Chequers Lane/Long Street & Church Street. Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin The Story of the Owners and Occupiers of the House In Parts I, II and III, I have taken the history of this delightful…

Emma Le Grice widowed after the tragic death of husband Robert Le Grice

Posted on February 1, 2022January 27, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Father – Local Publican Robert Lebbell Emma Le Grice was born Emma Lebbell in the village of Great Ellingham. The day of her birth was either at the very end of 1842 or just into 1843, as she was baptised in the Church of St James on the 8th January. Her parents were local publican…

A Church with ‘No History’?

Posted on September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Great Ellingham Parish Church of St James 1935 Archaelogists’ Tour A report of an archaelogists’ tour published in the Yarmouth Independent on the 18th May, 1935, caught my eye. Amongst the three churches visited in the Wymondham District was St James’s at Great Ellingham. A comment made by Mr E J Tench FIBA particularly grabbed…

Sale of Reversion or Remainder in fee expectant on the decease of Widow

Posted on September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

1818 Auction of Freehold Property On the 28th February, 1818, the Norfolk Chronicle published the notice of a forthcoming auction of premises in Great Ellingham. The auction would take place at four o’clock on the 12th March, 1818, at the Crown Public House in Great Ellingham. The premises appeared in two lots: Lot 1 –…

Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse – Part I

Posted on June 1, 2021March 11, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Copyhold Tenure Until the abolishment of copyhold tenure in 1922, Great Ellingham (like many other towns and villages throughout the country), was a mixture of freehold and copyhold land. Copyhold land was subject to the customs of the manorial court. Any change of ownership had to go through the Lord (or Lady) of the Manor,…

Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse – Part II

Posted on June 1, 2021March 11, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

The delightful thatched house on the corner of Church Street and Chequers Lane. Postcard possibly dates from the early 1900s. Courtesy of Carol Ewin The Story of the Owners and Occupiers of the House We continue the story of the owners (and some of the occupiers), of the delightful thatched house in the centre of…

Messuage built upon the tenement Greenhouse – Part III

Posted on June 1, 2021March 29, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

The delightful south facing thatched house with adjoining cottages to the east on the corner of Church Street and Chequers Lane. Postcard possibly dates from the early 1900s. Courtesy of Carol Ewin The Story of the Owners and Occupiers of the House In Part I we began to explore the owners and occupiers of an…

Rose’s Messuage, Shop & Garden

Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

1900 House & Shop in Church Street The early 1900s postcard shows Herbert J Neave’s Shop and an adjoining House in Church Street. This is the same House and Shop which William Rose owned and occupied over 100 years earlier. c.1800 The Statement of Claims c.1799 for the Inclosures of Great Ellingham reveal a claim…

Thomas Mann’s Assignment

Posted on April 1, 2021March 27, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

At the beginning of 1846, James Rose, a shopkeeper of Great Ellingham, published a notice in a local newspaper. This Notice was headed ‘Thomas Mann’s Assignment‘. What was the story behind the Notice? Indenture dated 27th October, 1843 The Notice dated 12th January, 1846 was printed in the Norfolk Chronicle five days later. James Rose…

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