Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

The story of Brick Kiln Farm (and those who lived there) continues on Heather Etteridge’s Great Ellingham One-Place Study website, with two posts added so far this month. Some #OnePlaceStudy reading for you on #OnePlaceWednesday!

Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

This month Heather Etteridge has added two posts to her Great Ellingham #OnePlaceStudy website, both relating to Brick Kiln Farm. Check out Heather’s March 2026 blog posts on this #OnePlaceWednesday!

Some carved detail of a bird from the 15th century rood screen of St. James’ Church at Great Ellingham in Norfolk. 📸 My own. #ScreenSaturday #GreatEllingham #Norfolk

Great Ellingham One-Place Study Photo: Great Ellingham village sign, in a well-maintained grassy area with a path to the right and a road to the left. Trees, bungalows and other houses can also be seen. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

A second mention for Heather Etteridge on this #OnePlaceWednesday, as Heather added a series of 3 posts to her Great Ellingham #OnePlaceStudy website on the first of this month. They begin with The History of the Double Cottage on Stalland Common – Part I, which is followed by Part II and Part III.

Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

On Sat 25th and Sun 26th April, our member Heather Etteridge is staging a free #LocalHistory exhibition relating to her #OnePlaceStudy of Great Ellingham in Norfolk: Every House has a Story – Every Story has a Family!

10am to 4pm each day, at St James's Church, Great Ellingham. #OnePlaceWednesday

Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Our member Heather Etteridge ended 2025 by adding two #OnePlaceStudy posts to her OPS website on 29 December, and has started 2026 with two posts on 1 January! Check out Great Ellingham One-Place Study on #OnePlaceWednesday

Great Ellingham One-Place Study Photo: Great Ellingham village sign, in a well-maintained grassy area with a path to the right and a road to the left. Trees, bungalows and other houses can also be seen. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Let’s take a look at some Christmas-focussed #OnePlaceStudy blog posts on this last #OnePlaceWednesday of 2025. Starting with a new one, in which Heather Etteridge continues a series of posts relating to Great Ellingham’s Methodist Chapel: A Christmas Day Wedding at the Methodist Chapel.

Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Last month, Heather Etteridge added 6 posts to her Great Ellingham One-Place Study website about buildings and people connected with the Baptist Church. Her first post of this month, The Unpretentious and Amiable Sophia Pleasance Sparham c.1852-1897, continues that theme. #OnePlaceWednesday

Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Heather Etteridge has added more posts to her Great Ellingham One-Place Study website:

✦ George Asty, Yeoman of Great Ellingham
✦ Was Emma King a Deserted Wife?
✦ Ellis Beales’ working life begins at the age of 8!

#OnePlaceWednesday

#OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite.

Some carved detail of a bird from the 15th century rood screen from St. James’ Church at Great Ellingham in Norfolk. 📸 My own. #ScreenSaturday #StJames #GreatEllingham #Norfolk

Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Amongst the seven posts added to the Great Ellingham One-Place Study website so far this month is one that ties in with #OnePlaceTimelines, our blogging prompt for October: Timeline of the History of The Crown. Check it out on #OnePlaceWednesday!

Discover the story of this Norfolk village at Heritage Open Days event Every village in Norfolk has a story to tell.

“Every village in Norfolk has a story to tell.” Wonderful to see Heather Etteridge’s #OnePlaceStudy – and her OPS exhibition this coming weekend – featured in the Eastern Daily Press! Check out Great Ellingham, Norfolk, is telling its village history🔗 on the EDP website. #OnePlaceWednesday

This Friday at 7:30 pm, we have our own, hugely enthusiastic, Dr Dan Self talking about the “Ferret of Comets” Charles Messier at Great Ellingham Rec Centre.

#astronomy #norfolk #greatellingham

Heritage Open Days. Great Ellingham One-Place Study presents: Our Village - Our History - Our Story, a celebration of our village history. Exploring some of Great Ellingham's interesting past and present buildings and structures, including listed buildings, schools, places of worship and some of our homes. In the function room at The Crown, Great Ellingham. Saturday 20th September and Sunday 21st September 2025, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free entry. www.greatellingham.org www.heritageopendays.org.uk

As part of the Heritage Open Days programme, Heather Etteridge is staging Great Ellingham One-Place Study presents ‘Our Village-Our History-Our Story’ at the Crown Public House in Great Ellingham. What a great way to showcase a #OnePlaceStudy to present day residents of the place! #OnePlaceWednesday