Illustration by Christine Fuller The Norwich Mercury dated 29th August 1874, contained a notice of a sale of property by Public Auction. The auction lots would include cottages in Bow Street, Great Ellingham. The Auction would be held at the New Inn (now the Royal Hotel) in Attleborough, at four o’clock sharp, on the 3rd…
Joseph & Mary Eke occupying a Cottage along Hingham Road
Property owned by Mary Eke Eighteenth Century hand drawn maps show pieces of land owned by Mary Eke. One piece of land (on which a building is indicated), lies on the right hand side of Hingham Road (proceeding out of the village towards Hingham) just after the junction with Bow Street. Another piece of land…
Thomas Johnson – Smallpox Victim
Illustration by Christine Fuller Thomas Johnson was buried at the Parish Church of Great Ellingham on January 23rd 1746/7. Thomas most likely died of smallpox. An entry in the accounts in the Great Ellingham Town Book for the year 1746/7, appears as follows: “Paid to Isaac Meek for Nursing Thomas Johnson in small pox“. The…
Smoking Concert at the Crown Inn
Crown Public House Church Street Great Ellingham 2019 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. They were social gatherings attended only…
William Shepherd: Enumerator District 5 Great Ellingham 1871 Census
Rockland All Saints Church lies on a country lane less than a mile from the boundary with Great Ellingham. In the churchyard, I found a headstone for William Shepherd and his wife Abigail Warren Shepherd. The inscription on the headstone is clear: William Shepherd died August 19th, 1914 aged 82 years. His wife Abigail Warren…
Mrs Abigail Stud buried March 16th, 1867
Great Ellingham Parish Church Abigail Studd was buried in the churchyard of Great Ellingham Parish Church on March 16th, 1867. She was aged 42 years. Abigail’s burial entry is one of only three burials for the name Studd in the Great Ellingham Parish Registers between 1813 and 1878. In the same period, there are no…
Great Ellingham Celebrate Jubilees
1887 Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee On the 20th June 1887, while Queen Victoria was breakfasting outdoors under the trees at Frogmore and, later, travelling to Buckingham Palace for a royal banquet, the inhabitants of Great Ellingham were getting ready to begin their Jubilee Celebrations on the following day, the 21st June. Jubilee Committee & Jubilee…
John & Frances Flegg
Headstone for Frances & John Flegg in Great Ellingham Churchyard Who were John & Frances Flegg? Corresponding burials for John Flegg and his wife Frances appear in the Great Ellingham Burial Registers. Frances Flegg was buried on June 15th, 1848 aged 77 years and John Flegg nearly two years later on April 8th, 1850 aged…
Blacksmith’s Shop in Town Green
Property Owner Benjamin Turner In 1800, Benjamin Turner owned five dwellings and one blacksmith’s shop in Great Ellingham. Turner occupied one of the dwellings, and let the other properties to tenants. The blacksmith’s shop (copyhold of the Manor of Ellingham Hall), was occupied by James Lebbell. Where was the Blacksmith’s Shop Extract from 1802 Map…
Robert Pease: Fatal Accident on Return from Market
Tragic Accident The Norwich Mercury of December 30th, 1899 reported on the tragic death the previous Thursday evening of a well-known farmer of Great Ellingham, 62 year old Mr Robert Pease. Robert Pease in the company of his niece, Mrs Elizabeth Jane Lister, was on his return journey with his horse and trap from Attleborough…