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Category: Cemetery Farm

A Series of Indentures conveying Cemetery Farm to John Wiggett

Posted on June 1, 2022March 9, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

It is always satisfying to come across documentation which either backs up or disproves my earlier research. In this case, deeds from 1801 confirm my belief that John Morphew sold his farmhouse in Long Street (later known as the Cemetery Farm) to John Wiggett. But do the legal documents tell us anything else? Conveyancing Documents…

The Whittred Family of Long Street

Posted on December 1, 2020March 9, 2023 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,…

A ‘very desirable small farm’ – The Cemetery Farm

Posted on December 1, 2020March 9, 2023 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…

Sixth Footpath called ‘Church Path’ discontinued in the early c18th

Posted on November 1, 2020March 20, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

The Inclosures Map for Great Ellingham of 1802 shows four connecting footways weaving their way through various inclosures of land between Long Street and the road leading to the town of Attleborough. However, these four footpaths (together with ten others), were ‘put by and discontinued ‘ by the Inclosure (Great Ellingham) Act of 1799. Extract…

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