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Category: Supply Stores

The History of Glenfield House & Cottage – Part I

Posted on December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

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

Posted on December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

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 the Double Cottage built on Pennell Common – Part I

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

Double Cottage at Penhill Road. Photograph courtesy of McDouall family For nearly two centuries, the above double cottage is one of just a few houses in Penhill Road. It was built around 1810 on a piece of land formerly part of of ‘Pennell Common’. Like many other historical houses in the village, the cottage has…

The History of the Double Cottage built on Pennell Common – Part II

Posted on November 23, 2024November 23, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

Double Cottage at Penhill Road Photograph courtesy of the McDouall family This double cottage has stood along Penhill Road since at least 1811. Like many other historical houses in the village, the cottage has undergone many changes over the years. Furthermore, it will have seen the comings and goings of many occupants. We left Part…

Leeder’s Shop & House in Church Street

Posted on June 19, 2023October 7, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

It was not until relatively recent times that property ownership in Britain became accessible and achievable. In the past, many houses were rented from private landlords. Many of these private landlords also owned other properties in different towns or villages – some of which were a distance from where they lived. Great Ellingham once comprised…

H J Neave’s Supply Stores in Church Street

Posted on June 19, 2023April 29, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

The above image may well have been captured at the turn of the 20th century. The name ‘H J NEAVE’ can just be seen above the door of the shop. Perhaps the proprietor, Herbert Joseph Neave and his wife Mary, are amongst the four individuals standing outside the shop. Some 100 years earlier, the Rose…

James Rose, Grocer & Postmaster

Posted on July 1, 2020November 19, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

St James Great Ellingham. Postcard courtesy Attleborough Heritage Group James son of William & Amelia Rose The son of a shopkeeper, James Rose was baptised in the Church of St James, Great Ellingham on the 18th April, 1809. He was one of at least six children of William and Amelia Rose. His parents had married…

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