Eke’s Cottage in Hingham Road which was much later the home of Joseph & Susanna Dye.
Photograph taken before 1942.
Courtesy Bryan Dye
Property owned by Mary Eke
18th 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 lies further along the road (again on the right hand side of the road) and a further piece of land near land referred to as “Lepp’s Field”.
Occupier Joseph Eke
An 1800 Statement of Claims relating to the Great Ellingham Inclosure, reveal that Mary Eke was the owner of one messuage (a dwelling-house with outbuildings and garden) and six acres of land (all freehold) which was occupied by Joseph Eke.
An associated Valuation document shows that Joseph Eke occupied two pightles of land (one being to the south of Lepp’s Lane); a cottage, outbuildings and garden and a piece of land behind; and two allotments – one in Lepp’s Lane and the other upon Stalland Common.
Whilst Joseph Eke occupied the land and property it was owned by his wife Mary Eke.
Extract from 1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. Norfolk Record Office Cat. Ref. C/Ca 1/84.
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The green arrow on the above extract of the Great Ellingham Inclosure Map of 1802 shows the location of Eke’s cottage along the Hingham Road.
Joseph & Mary Eke
The Great Ellingham Parish Registers reveal Eke (written in the parish register as Eike) families living in Great Ellingham in the eighteenth century.
Baptisms appear for children of Joseph Eike and his wife Mary late Groom: John baptised May 6th, 1792; Isaac on November 17th 1793 and Joseph (junior) was baptised on February 21st, 1796.
1817-1819
A Valuation of Great Ellingham dated 1817-1819, shows that the cottage, outbuildings and garden was then owned and occupied by ‘G. Eke’.
1830s
An ‘Estates & Occupations’ document dated around the 1830s reveal that John Mendham purchased the property from George Eke. The cottage was then occupied by William Smith.
Mendham owned nearby Manor Farm (also known as Ellingham Farm), although he leased this to the Mann family.
1843
However by 1843, Mary Mann occupied the property. Mary Mann lived and worked Manor Farm. Accordingly the cottage was probably tenanted to one of her employees.
20th Century
Moving forward to the 20th century, the cottage was once the home of Joseph and Susanna Dye. After 1942, it was occupied by the Skipper family.
Updated 08 May 2024
Sources:
Great Ellingham Parish Registers Norfolk Record Office PD/609. Also available at FamilySearch.org https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=4J8C-CB7%3A29627201%3Fcc%3D1416598
1800 Inclosure Commissioner’s Particulars and Valuation. Great Ellingham. Norfolk Record Office MC2213/119
F.W. Horner, Records of the Surveyors to Commissioners for Inclosure in Parishes in Norfolk & Suffolk. 1799-1842. Great Ellingham (Act 1799). Norfolk Record Office. Catalogue Ref BR 90/2
1802 Map of Great Ellingham. Russell James Colman Plans. Norfolk Record Office. Catalogue Ref. C/Ca 1/84
Great Ellingham Tithe Map 1843. Tithe Apportionments, 1836-1929 [database online]. TheGenealogist.co.uk 2023. Original data: “IR29 Tithe Commission and successors: Tithe Apportionments” The National Archives
18th Century List & Plan – List of common fields and land exchanges Great Ellingham – held at Norfolk Record Office catalogue reference MC 2213/117, 941X7
18th Century Plan – Stalland and Bush Green Commons, Great Ellingham – held at Norfolk Record Office catalogue reference MC 2213/116, 941X7