An Annual Meeting of the Shropham & Guiltcross Agricultural Association was held at East Harling on Friday 25th September, 1841. The edition of the Norfolk Chronicle of October 3rd, reported on the event and remarked that the Association was “the most effective of this kind in the country“. Amongst other things, the Association gave prizes…
Category: Town Green
Charlotte Fisher convicted of Attempting to Murder her Employers
Case heard at the Norfolk Assizes We can only imagine the effect of the conviction of attempted murder had on 18 year old Great Ellingham girl Charlotte Fisher and her family in the August of 1871. Charlotte Fisher appeared at the Norfolk Assizes. It was alleged that on the 5th July, 1871, Charlotte Fisher had…
Samuel Warren – Convicted of Attempting to Defraud Railway Company
Possibly Wretham or Great Hockham Railway Station. Postcard Addison/Divita Family Collection Court Case At a Petty Sessions at East Harling held in May 1847, Samuel Warren of Great Ellingham was convicted of attempting to defraud the Norfolk Railway Company on the 6th May in that he had travelled in a carriage of a higher class…
John Mallows died 1870 but buried 1869!
The inscription on the headstone in the churchyard at Great Ellingham for John Mallows and his wife Amy is still clear after over 130 years. John Mallows. Born August 19th, 1802. Died August 7th, 1870. Also of Amy, his wife. Born November 7th, 1805. Died February 24th, 1885. Burial entries for John Mallows and his…
A case of ‘Theft Most Fowl’
Illustration by Christine Fuller Charge of Stealing Four Fowls The Eastern Daily Press of Saturday March 2nd, 1907, reported on the appearance before the Magistrates at Wymondham of two labourers from Great Ellingham. John Lee and George Anderson were charged with stealing four live fowls from Charles Leverett of Hingham. The fowls had a value…
Edmund Houchen signs his Last Will & Testament in 1853
The surname Houchen has appeared in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers for many, many years with variations such as Howchen, Houchin. These alternative spellings also occur in the census returns. However I will keep to the spelling as ‘Houchen’ whether or not the spelling appears as such in the documentation to which I have referred….
Charles Carter, Fishmonger at Town Green
Town Green Long Street approaching Town Green. Postcard courtesy of Carol Ewin In 1851, the inhabitants of Great Ellingham could buy their fish from Charles Carter living in an area known as Town Green. 32 year old Charles and his wife Lucy, were one of at least 37 households at Town Green at that time….
Arson Attack After Village Receives Threatening Letters
A reward of £200 was offered by the victim, Mr John Barnard, the Lord of his Majesty’s Treasury and the Norwich Union Fire Office following an arson attack at Great Ellingham. Details of the Fire It was reported in the edition of the Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of Saturday, May 27th, 1832, that about…
A Book Presentation to Lizzie Lincoln in 1898
Inscription in a Book Presented to Lizzie Lincoln by Great Ellingham Primitive Methodist Sunday School 1898. Courtesy of Cyril Edwards No doubt, 18 year old Lizzie Lincoln was not the only one to be presented with a book by the Primitive Methodist Sunday School but after some 120 years, I wonder where all the books…
Fined for Allowing Horses to Stray on the Highway
Illustration by Christine Fuller 1883 Court Appearance The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of August 4th, 1883 reported on the case of James Carter, a farmer, of Great Ellingham. Carter appeared before the Magistrates at East Harling on July 30th. He was charged with allowing two horses to stray on the highway. He was found…