Illustration by Christine Fuller Charge In the December of 1865, a James Beales, labourer, of Great Ellingham appeared before the magistrates at East Harling, on a charge of furious driving on the highway leading from Great Ellingham to Attleborough. He was found guilty and adjudged to pay a penalty and costs of £2, with one…
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The Sudden Death of Pastor James Cragg
Great Ellingham Baptist Church 2019 The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of Saturday October 4th, 1856 referred to an Inquest held on the body of the Baptist Minister of Great Ellingham, forty year old James Cragg. It was reported that James Cragg had been “perfectly well in the course of the morning visiting some of…
James Long’s Cottage, Garden & Allotment
Extract from 18th Century Map. Town Green, Hyrne and Broad Commons in Great Ellingham held at Norfolk Record Office. Cat. Ref. MC2213/113, 941X7. With kind permission of NRO. The above extract from an 18th century map of Great Ellingham shows the position of the two parcels of land owned by James Long (at the top…