Thatched Cottage, School Road, Kirby Cane. (Formerly known as Mud Hall)
The Milestone, Yarmouth Road, Ellingham, which once read Bungay 3 Yarmouth 15
Church Farm, Mill Lane Ellingham.
Ellingham and Kirby Cane photograph archive
Church Farm, Mill Lane, Ellingham
Built about 1861? and extended in1895, closed in 1970 (Carol Jacobs)
The log book opens May 1st 1876. Miss Gates was headmistress and only teacher. By May 8th numbers attending had risen to 56, possibly aged 5-14 years, many unable to read or write. By May 1877 an Inspector reported that little had been done as regards either discipline or instructions. Few children have any notion of working formally and dictation and arithmetic are very weak. The supply of books is insufficient. Miss Gates left at the end of her first year, following a deduction of one tenth of her salary.
Kirby Cane School Children 1920 ( Helen Kirby)
Kirby Cane School 1920 (Helen Kirby)
Kirby Cane School (Gwennie Moore)
Kirby Cane School (Joe Pye)
Kirby Cane Infants (Joe Pye)
Kirby Cane School (Derek Hinsley)
Picture from Joe Pye
This picture hangs in the Kirby Cane Memorial Hall, painted by Arnesby Brown RA PINX entitled 'Spring'. The plaque on the frame reads: "The scholars of Kirby Cane School under Mrs Bertha B Atkins in 1935 won the County Shield in the bird and tree essay competition"
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As above: Mud Hall, School Road, Kirby Cane, opposite the present Well Terrace, date and persons unknown but after 1879 - could possibly be John and Celia Harvey, Jack Harvey's Grandparents were known to have lived there and brought up 11 children.
The cottage consisted of two dwellings each with 3 rooms. The 1881 Census recorded 6 families living there: 15 adults and 12 children! The families were the Harveys, Laights, Prestons, Murtons, Falgates, and Parfitts. On 5th March 1920 it was auctioned at The King's Head and sold to Charles Tills (senior) Farmer. He died in 1927. His widow, Priscilla inherited the cottage and sold it to Ernest Aubrey Tills for £104 on 5th February 1932. He and his wife Gladys Elizabeth changed the name to Thatched House. Ernest died in the house on November 28th 1949. Gladys continued to live there for a total of 46 years. (Information from Valerie Peek and the Census)