Fellow local historian, Cynthia Budd, has meticulously researched the men listed on the Great War Memorials throughout the Shellrock Benefice (Great Ellingham, Little Ellingham, Rockland All Saints, Rockland St Peter and Shropham with Snetterton). She has kindly allowed me to reproduce her tributes to the Great Ellingham men, on the Great Ellingham One-Place Study website….
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Private 18217 Sidney Hoy 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
Fellow local historian, Cynthia Budd, has meticulously researched the men listed on the Great War Memorials throughout the Shellrock Benefice (Great Ellingham, Little Ellingham, Rockland All Saints, Rockland St Peter and Shropham with Snetterton). She has kindly allowed me to reproduce her tributes to the Great Ellingham men, on the Great Ellingham One-Place Study website….
Private 18601 Arthur Halls 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
Fellow local historian, Cynthia Budd, has meticulously researched the men listed on the Great War Memorials throughout the Shellrock Benefice (Great Ellingham, Little Ellingham, Rockland All Saints, Rockland St Peter and Shropham with Snetterton). She has kindly allowed me to reproduce her tributes to the Great Ellingham men, on the Great Ellingham One-Place Study website….
Fined for Taking Fish out of a Pond
Illustration by Christine Fuller The Norwich Mercury of Saturday 23rd July, 1881, reported on the recent cases at the East Harling Petty Sessions. Amongst the defendants were Great Ellingham labourers, Frederick Sharman, Robert Carter, Henry Lake and John Lee. They were charged with taking fish from a pond in the village of Great Ellingham. All…
A Double Wedding for the Carter Sisters
1903 ‘Double Wedding’ Jacob Beales & Isabella Carter and Alfred Harry Osborne & Kate Carter. Courtesy Carolyn Boatwright The wonderful Edwardian photograph captures the ‘double wedding’ of sisters, Isabella and Kate Carter. The joint nuptials took place during 1903 at the Baptist Church, Great Ellingham. Looking at the photograph, on the left is 31 year…
Auction of Three ‘Capital Detached’ Cottages in Long Street
Royal Hotel Attleborough On the 14th June, 1906, an auction of property in Attleborough, Besthorpe, Bunwell, Deopham and Great and Little Ellingham took place at the Royal Hotel, Attleborough. Owned by the late Mr W Dawes, the properties were sold in 12 Lots. Great Ellingham Cottages The properties described in Lots 9, 10 and 11…
George Anderson Bound Over to keep the Peace for Six Months
In the past, many families kept fowls for eggs and meat. Indeed, Great Ellingham also had several poultry dealers. Southview, Long Street. Courtesy Alan GardinerOnce the home of fowl dealer, John Clover One such dealer was John Clover. From at least 1891, Clover lived in Long Street. Certainly by 1901, he lived alone in a…
Alan & Joyce Hutson live most of their married life in Great Ellingham
Alan & Joyce Hutson on their wedding day 2 June 1945 St Mary’s Church Attleborough. Courtesy Alan Gardiner Alan Hutson married Joyce Gardiner at St Mary’s Church, Attleborough on the 2nd June, 1945. Given that the couple had met before WWII, and Alan had been a prisoner of war during the conflict, I wonder whether…
House built on Robert Utting’s Land in Long Street
Deeds are a very useful resource when trying to find the history of a house. Not least that, sometimes, deeds can provide a clue as to when a particular house was built. When Robert Utting mortgaged his Long Street land in 1861, the description of the property recited in the Mortgage Deed specifically says “……together…
Walter Utting sells Fir Cottage to the Revd James Toll
Fir Cottage is a delightful cottage on the western side and at the southern part of Long Street. It was built between 1857 and 1861. The green arrow indicates the position of Fir Cottage at the southern end of Long Street. Extract from O.S. Map c.1945. Courtesy Ray & Maureen Beales In recent years, Fir…