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Category: Hingham Road

Moving Forward but with a Link to the Past

Posted on September 1, 2022August 29, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

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…

Council Housing for Great Ellingham following the ‘Addison’ Act

Posted on March 1, 2022February 23, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

The Housing, Town Planning, &c Act of 1919 (often referred to as the ‘Addison Act’) promised government subsidies to help finance the build of 500,000 houses in Britain within three years. The Act also made housing a national responsibility, with local authorities being charged with developing new housing and rental accommodation to satisfy the need…

A ‘Very Desirable Small Farm’ in Great Ellingham with a Cellar

Posted on January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Norfolk Heritage Explorer describes Rose Farmhouse in Great Ellingham as ‘a mid-17th century timber framed farmhouse with clay infill’. The house will have seen the comings and goings of many families over the centuries and, if the walls of the building could talk, I wonder what secrets would be revealed! At the time of the…

‘Golden Couple’ Joseph & Susanna Dye

Posted on March 21, 2021December 12, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Joseph & Susanna Dye with their family c.1941. Photograph courtesy of Bryan Dye The above photograph is a fabulous snapshot of a couple celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary, surrounded by generations of their family. Marriage Joseph Alfred Dye married Susanna Lincoln in 1891. They were both aged 21, and from long-established Great Ellingham families. Both…

‘An Ornate Timber-Framed Farmhouse’ in Hingham Road

Posted on October 1, 2020December 12, 2022 by Heather Etteridge

Manor Farmhouse Norfolk Heritage Explorer describes the Grade II listed building Manor Farmhouse in Great Ellingham, as an ornate timber framed farmhouse dating to around 1630. A brick skin was given to the north-elevation of the farmhouse in 1780. In the informative booklet A Little History of Great Ellingham c.1965, the authors mention the existence…

James Beatson, Trustee & Farmer

Posted on May 1, 2020January 28, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

James Beatson, one of the Overseers of the Poor for the Parish of Great Ellingham in 1873, was also one of the Trustees of the Fuel Allotment Charity. But who was James Beatson and was he a local man? The 1861 census finds 47 year old farmer, James Beatson and his 54 year old wife…

‘Copings’ on the Church Wall made at the Brick Kiln, Hingham Road

Posted on March 1, 2020November 2, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Part of the church wall at Great Ellingham showing the coping stones According to the author of ‘A Little History of Great Ellingham‘ the coping stones to the northern end of the front wall of the Church of St James, Great Ellingham came from bricks made at Brick Kiln Farm around 1850. It is also…

Alfred Lincoln alias Alfred Chaplin

Posted on January 11, 2020December 18, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

The Norwich Mercury of 27th May 1871 reported on a recent case heard before the East Harling Magistrates. The defendant was named as Alfred Lincoln alias Chapman. However, I believe the name ‘Chapman’ is erroneous and it should be Chaplin. Alfred Lincoln was charged and found guilty of being drunk and riotous at Great Ellingham…

Postcard Returns to Great Ellingham after 100 years

Posted on December 1, 2019November 1, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Postcard sent from Great Ellingham by Lilian Field to Ada Warren in Higham Bury St Edmunds around 1911 I was delighted to be able to purchase this postcard and even more delighted to find that it had been used and that I knew exactly who had written it! A big clue to the identity of…

Six Weddings and Several Funerals

Posted on October 1, 2019December 30, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Tombstone of Ann Margetson in the Churchyard at Great Ellingham An elaborate tombstone for Ann Margetson lies in Great Ellingham churchyard. The inscription on the tomb states that Ann Margetson was the widow of Abraham Downes of Attleborough. It also states that Ann was born on March 4th, 1828 and died on August 30th, 1919….

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