Robert Brooke (c.1757-1829) Robert Brooke of Great Ellingham died in March 1829. He was 73 years old, a bachelor, and a yeoman i.e. a farmer owning a reasonable amount of property and land, but not sufficient to be classed as ‘gentry’. Variations of Name During my research, I have found that this family’s surname ‘Brooke‘…
Category: Long Street
Mary Dennis Inherits Property in Town Green
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 (née 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
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
Albert Buchan Reynolds 1862-1928. Courtesy Ollie West 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…
John & Frances Pelly of The British School
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
Ernie Kemp with his mother and grandparents, Jonathan & Minnie Kemp, at ‘Dunromin’, Long Street. 1949-1950Photograph 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 Dunchurch,…
The Whittred Family of Long Street
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
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 – an Ancient Timber Framed Building
Poplar Farm, Long Street. Courtesy of Susan Fay 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…
Sixth Footpath called ‘Church Path’ discontinued in the early c18th
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…