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…
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…
The Crown and Widow Caddy’s House engulfed in flames!
Fire starts at Widow Caddy’s Home The report of a ‘terrible fire’ at Great Ellingham, near Attleborough, made the edition of The Times on the 18th May, 1787. The Widow Caddy must have been in great fear and distress when fire broke out at her home between eleven and twelve o’clock on the ‘Wednesday night…
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…
Men’s ‘Smoking Concert’ at the Crown Inn in 1902
In the centre is the Crown Public House. Postcard courtesy of Attleborough Heritage Group The Eastern Daily Press of Saturday 26th April 1902 reported on a Smoking Concert held the previous Thursday at the Crown Inn which was endorsed by the Attleborough & District Unionist Association. Smoking Concerts were particularly popular during the Victoria era….
Sale of Premises adjoining the Crown Inn
Crown Inn with neighbouring shops. Postcard Carol Ewin Auction 13th August 1868 Amongst the properties being auctioned by Messrs Standley & Sons at the Crown Inn, Attleburgh (Attleborough) on Thursday 13th August 1868, were premises adjoining the Crown Inn in Great Ellingham. The premises were described as a freehold cottage and shop with stable, hayloft,…