It was during the Reverend James Cragg’s pastorate that a new house for the Baptist Minister was built in Great Ellingham. In the Baptist Church Minute Book, James Cragg sets down what he understood to be the history of the Baptist Church. He also recorded that “A suitable residence for the pastor of the Church…
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Occupiers of the Baptist Church’s Cottage
‘Elizabeth Asty’s House’ in Long Street. Photograph taken November 2024 Earlier History This delightful ‘old cottage’ in ‘Chapel Yard’, Long Street was once owned by Elizabeth Asty. She died in or about 1724. Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of George and Elizabeth Asty. The cottage had belonged to Elizabeth’s mother before her marriage. However when…
The Building of a New House for the Baptist Minister
The Manse, Long Street, Great Ellingham It was during the Reverend James Cragg’s pastorate that a new house for the Baptist Minister was built in Great Ellingham. The new house did not include the bay windows, which were added some 30 years later. In 1849, the Great Ellingham Baptist Church celebrated their 150th anniversary. At…
The Building of the Baptist Chapel
Baptist Chapel, Long Street, Great EllinghamAttleborough Heritage Group The listing for the Great Ellingham Baptist Chapel on the British Listed Buildings website describes the building as: Baptist chapel. 1824. Brick with gabled pantile roof. 2 storeys. Pair of modified Doric columns on plinths support Ionic architrave to form porch. One sash window left and right…
The Baptist’s Meeting House in Long Street
Members of the Baptist Church have met together in Great Ellingham since at least 1699. The semi-circular tablet in the front wall of the chapel gives the year ‘1699’. However this is the year of the formation of a Baptist Church in Great Ellingham, and not when the building was built. The chapel was built…
Elizabeth Asty provides a Meeting House for the Baptist Church
‘Elizabeth Asty’s House’ in Long Street. Photograph taken November 2024 In the late 17th century and into the 18th century, Elizabeth Asty lived in a cottage in Long Street. The cottage together with a stable and bakehouse and several parcels of land, once belonged to Elizabeth’s mother before her marriage to Elizabeth’s father, George Asty….
‘A most wonderful gale of wind’ causes much damage
Diary entries can be a very useful historical source. Many will include entries about an individual’s ‘day to day’ life as well as a record of other happenings and events. Minute Books for meetings taking place in a particular parish can also include details of important and, sometimes, unusual events. In this case, I found…