Ellingham Archive

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Ellingham Community Trust has supported David Griggs (Honorary Parish Archivist) to create a photographic archive showing the ‘Changing Face of A Rural Parish’. Below is a snapshot of the extensive archive focusing on Farming, Trains, Ellingham Village Hall, and other areas.

Farming

Ellingham is a farming community. Below are two images of combining over the years.

Black and white image of a combine in Harelaw Field with George Gilholme driving and Ian Maxwell running alongside.
Combining oil seed rape in Birch Field in August 2023

Trains at Chathill

Chathill Station is on the East Coast mainline. The station used to provide a link to Seahouses which was removed in the Beaching Cuts. Today there is a single service to Newcastle, morning and evening.

Black and white image of Bob Mitchell and Fred Whealans LNER Class A1 "Gladiateur" in the 1950s.
A colour image of LNER Azuma passing through Chathill in August 2024.

Ellingham Village Hall

The original Ellingham Village Hall was built in DATE and a new hall replaced the original tin building in DATE.

Colour image of Ellingham Village Hall in the winter of 1977.
Colour image of Ellingham Village Hall after the removal of the chimney and addition of toilets.
New Ellingham Village Hall.

Ellingham Hall

Ellingham Hall has had various buildings and uses over the years.

Original Ellingham Hall building
Ellingham Hall as rebuilt
Ellingham Hall ravaged by fire in 1904

St Maurice’s Church

St Maurice’s Church has changed over the years.

The original St Maurice's Church
St Maurice's Church in 1980s

Deliveries

Delivery vehicles from local shops used to be comonplace, and have now been replaced by something more national and ubiquitous.

Black and White image of a local delivery vehicle
Colour image of a modern delivery vehicle from a national chain