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21 Church Street, Ickleton ©RGL 2023

21 Church Street, Norman Hall, Ickleton

History of Norman Hall

Listed Building:

Farmhouse now a house. C15 with C16 alterations, early C18, late C18 and C19 additions. Timber-framed with roughcast render and some C18 pargetting, flint and brick.

In 1327 the messuage belonged to a John Norman.

By 1867 the farmhouse of Little Farm had been amalgamated to form Norman Hall.

Norman Hall, Ickleton (Ickleton Society)

During World War I the building was a Red Cross Hospital. Afterwards it was bought by the parents of Prudence Richarda Eveleyn (Eveleen) Tait (1923 – 1982), who would achieve fame in 1949 as the first woman to pilot an aircraft around the world. By this time she was married and known as Richards “Dikki” Morrow-Tait. Avery and Arthur had married in 1913.

Avery Routh née Tetley, mother of Richarda, Ickleton

Arthur Lionel Routh, father of Richarda, Ickleton

In 1930 the family moved to Mill House in Ickleton.

 

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