Crown Inn with adjoining shops. Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin The Downham Market Gazette of Saturday 5th June 1909 reported on the ‘Trouble at Ellingham’. It was reported that Great Ellingham labourer, John Hurrell, was brought before the Magistrates at East Harling charged with assaulting Police Constable Askew ‘while in the execution of his duty’. The…
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Court Dismisses case against Innkeeper Walter Buckle
Crown Inn with adjoining shops. Postcard courtesy Carol Ewin The Norfolk Chronicle of the 28th June 1902, reported on a case against the landlord of The Crown, Great Ellingham, Walter Buckle. Buckle was charged with assaulting his customer, James Fisher. Circumstances of the Case The Magistrates heard the circumstances of the case. It appears that…
Landlords of The Crown spanning nearly 200 years!
The Crown Public House courtesy of Tony Brooks. Date unknown There has been a public house on the site of the present Crown Public House for well over two centuries. There is also evidence that in at least 1781, the pub was called ‘The Bell’. By 1800, it had become known as ‘The Rose &…
Landlord Charles Barnard ‘Sells Up’
Church Street including the Old Thatche Shoppe to the left, Islay House to the right and the Crown Public House with adjoining shops in the centre. Attleborough Heritage Group Between 1891 and 1896, Charles William Barnard was the landlord of the Crown Public House in Great Ellingham. On the 4th July, 1896, the following notice…
John Robert Barnard buys The Crown
Purchase On the 23rd November, 1810, carpenter, John Robert Barnard purchased The Crown Inn (together with nearby properties and land) from Benjamin and Frances Dennis. Barnard purchased the property with a mortgage of £500 from beer brewer, John Stephenson Cann of Wymondham. A survey of of Great Ellingham dated 1817-1819, shows ‘John Robert Barnard (son…
Landlady Alice Jessup, formerly Leath née Clarke
Church Street including the Old Thatche Shoppe to the left, Islay House to the right and the Crown Public House with adjoining shops in the centre. Attleborough Heritage Group Rose & Crown At the turn of the 19th century, Alice Jessup ran the Rose & Crown Public House together with her second husband William Jessup….
Great Ellingham’s Pubs and Beer-houses
The Crown Public House in the centre. Courtesy of Attleborough Heritage Group Village pubs have always been a focal point of a community. Great Ellingham is no exception. During the Victorian period, Great Ellingham had five public houses, some of which were former beer-houses. Today, the village has one remaining pub. At the end of…
Auction of the Crown with ‘Good Potential’
Crown Inn with adjoining shops. Postcard courtesy of Carol Ewin 1845 Auction Lydia Barnard had been the licensee of the Crown Inn at Great Ellingham for many years prior to the proposed sale of the premises at Auction. The Norwich Mercury of Saturday, September 13th, 1845 included a notice “To Brewers” of the forthcoming Auction…
Mr Robert Lebbell – Landlord of the Crown Inn for nearly 50 years!
Crown Inn with adjoining shops. Postcard courtesy of Carol Ewin An’ Old Correspondent’ of Great Ellingham sent a letter to the Editor of the Eastern Evening News which was subsequently published in the newspaper dated 13 February 1885. The ‘Old Correspondent’ reported the death of Mr Robert Lebbell, the landlord of the Crown Inn for…
The Bell, the Rose & Crown and the Crown
A Notice advising of a meeting of the Proprietors of Land Estates in Great Ellingham appeared in the Norfolk Chronicle of 1st September, 1781. The meeting would take place at the Bell in Great Ellingham on Tuesday 11th September at ten o’clock in the morning. Those Proprietors attending the meeting would be expected to express…