Illustration Christine Fuller Fund Raising The practice of raising funds for good causes and the financial support provided by generous benefactors is centuries old. From directly asking for funds to holding events and collections, benevolent people have always supported those in need, sponsored community projects and generally ‘made a difference’ to the lives of others….
Category: Schools, Societies, Charities
The School House through Time
The ‘School House’ is pictured to the right of the above postcard, which is postmarked 1905. The ‘new’ Great Ellingham Boys & Girls Board Schools were built in Hingham Road in 1896. The schools replaced two existing schools – the former British School in Long Street and the former National School along the Attleborough Road….
George Saunders makes an elm coffin for Jeremiah Edwards
George Saunders’ house & premises is in the centre of this postcard (the house side-ways) in Church Street, Great Ellingham Kelly’s Directories of 1908 and 1912 lists the name ‘George Saunders’ under Great Ellingham. Saunders is described as a carpenter, builder and undertaker, with the added words ‘joinery a speciality‘. Bill of G.Saunders for providing…
Great Ellingham Football Club in Crisis
Illustration Christine Fuller The edition of the Diss Express published on Friday 14th December 1934, tells us that the football club in Great Ellingham was in crisis. The paper reported: “There is a possibility that the Great Ellingham Football Club will have to be disbanded unless greater support is received. Last season the club had…
‘The Parsonage’ through time
The former Parsonage with the adjacent school room The blue arrow indicates the position of the Parish Room & ParsonageExtract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Revised 1904 Land gifted by Lord Walsingham Here we look at the history of The Parsonage in Great Ellingham and the earlier use of the…
George Jude sells land for Recreation Ground
Many of us will be familiar with the large recreation ground we are fortunate to have in our village. But I wonder whether any of us have ever thought how long the village has actually had the recreation ground. Farm Meadows Before the creation of a designated recreation ground, several owners of the larger farms…
Great Ellingham’s Recreation Ground’s Byelaws
On the 28th February, 1931, the Parish Council purchased a piece of land known as ‘Town Piece’ for the purposes of a recreation ground. The blue arrow on the below map shows the location of this ‘L-shaped’ piece of land. Extract from O.S. Map c.1945. Courtesy Ray & Maureen Beales Although the Parish Council purchased…
A Recreation Ground for All!
At a meeting of the Parish Council held on the 20th May, 1932, it was agreed that the Recreation Ground is free “to any party in the parish for useful purposes, providing application is made to the council for their sanction”. A year earlier, and as trustees, the Parish Council had purchased land for the…
The Creation of Great Ellingham Parish Council
Parish Administration Prior to 1894 Prior to the establishment of Parish Councils, the responsibility for the day to day administration of the parish fell to the rector and some of the more affluent landowners – particularly those who could read, write and keep accounts. In Great Ellingham, the parish ‘officers’ such as the churchwardens, the…
Prominent Footballer & Cricketer Plays for Great Ellingham Cricket Team
Curate to Little & Great Ellingham The Old Parsonage, once the home of George Barkley Raikes In the summer of 1905, Little and Great Ellingham had a new curate, the Reverend George Barkley Raikes. Given that the previous curate, the Reverend Harry Parker, lived at The Parsonage in Great Ellingham, it follows that the Parsonage…