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Category: Long Street

Mary Dennis Inherits Property in Town Green

Posted on March 1, 2021February 28, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Legacy of Property and Land in Great Ellingham Anthony Porter of Great Ellingham died c.1786, and left all his freehold and copyhold lands in Great Ellingham to his niece, Mary Dennis (neĆ© Willomatt). At this time, Mary was living in the town of Watton, some 8 miles from Great Ellingham. Mary’s use and benefit of…

James & Alice Sadd of White House Farm

Posted on March 1, 2021February 26, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Bill Note dated June 18th, 1922. James Sadd of White House Farm, Great Ellingham. Author’s own collection James and Alice Sadd came to White House Farm in Long Street in 1902, probably not long after their marriage which took place earlier that year. The 1911 census captures 32 year old James Sadd with his 31…

Great Ellingham born Albert Reynolds dies in Hull

Posted on February 1, 2021January 30, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Funeral Report The edition of the Hull Daily Mail of Tuesday, December 11th, 1928, included a brief report of the funeral of ‘The Late Mr A B Reynolds of Hull’. A married man with children, 66 year old Albert Reynolds was an insurance agent, and had worked for the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society for…

John & Frances Pelly of The British School

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

John K Pelly and his wife Frances likely arrived in Great Ellingham in January 1869, when they took up the respective positions of schoolmaster and schoolmistress at the British School. A report of a ‘Public Tea Meeting’ held in Great Ellingham for the benefit of the British School, which appeared in the Norwich Mercury of…

The Kemps of Dunromin’ in Long Street

Posted on December 21, 2020January 28, 2021 by Heather Etteridge

Ernie Kemp with his mother and grandparents, Jonathan & Minnie Kemp, at ‘Dunromin’, Long Street. 1949-1950. Photograph courtesy of Ernie Kemp The 1911 census captures 34 year old Norfolk born Jonathan Kemp with his wife, Minnie, living in Audenshaw, Lancashire. Jonathan, a bricklayer, was born in Scottow c.1876. Minnie (nee Paxton) was born c.1885 in…

The Whittred Family of Long Street

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

A Particular Survey of the Parish of Great Ellingham 1817-1819, reveal that John Whittred was the owner and occupier of a House, Barn, Stable, Yard and Garden, as well as numerous parcels of land in Great Ellingham. I know from an earlier Particulars & Valuation undertaken by the Commissioners for the Great Ellingham Inclosures c.1800,…

Cemetery Farm

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

Appearing in the edition of the Eastern Daily Press of the 7th September, 1948, was the notice of a forthcoming Auction of a ‘very desirable small farm’ in Great Ellingham. ‘The Cemetery Farm’ was said to comprise of a comfortable farmhouse which had two sitting rooms and five bedrooms. It also had a substantial range…

Poplar Farmhouse

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

In the informative booklet, A Little History of Great Ellingham, the authors describe ‘Poplar Farm’ as “an ancient timber framed building purporting to be made from reclaimed ship’s timber”. “This house has a long corridor down one side’”. The booklet also mentions that there is a spring to the rear of the property. British Listed…

Farmhouse later known as White House Farm

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

Before it was ‘put by and discontinued‘ by the Great Ellingham Inclosure Act of 1799, a footway known as Church Path, which began in the centre of the village, concluded at an inclosure called ‘Green Way’, near to what was then (or later to become) Shrugg’s Lane which itself crossed Long Street. Extract from 1802…

‘Highly Respected’ John Warren

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

Death of John Warren Great Ellingham born John Warren died within a month of his 83rd birthday on the 7th April, 1897. He was buried in the churchyard at Little Ellingham. Little Ellingham Parish Church. Photograph taken May 2020 According to a report in the Eastern Daily Press published on the following Saturday, the 10th…

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