{"id":13408,"date":"2020-11-11T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T15:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=13408"},"modified":"2024-07-31T21:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T20:59:10","slug":"george-rising-1812-1860","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=13408","title":{"rendered":"George Rising (1812-1860) of Martham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

George Rising (1812-1860) of Martham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus his wife Bridget Christmas (1810-1897)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Rising was born on 23rd<\/sup> July 1812 at Martham and was baptised at St Mary\u2019s<\/a><\/em> three days later on 26th<\/sup> as the son of Thomas Rising & Ann, nee Cadge<\/a><\/em>. His father had been a farmer and at the time George was born Thomas owned just over 97 acres of land as shown on the 1812 Inclosure Award<\/a><\/em> map below on the left.  It is not surprising therefore that George followed in his father\u2019s footsteps and became a yeoman farmer. His land holdings stood at a little over 130 acres at the time of the 1842 Martham Tithe Award<\/a><\/em> as shown on the map on the right below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1812 Inclosure Award map showing plots owned by Thomas Rising father of George.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1842 Tithe Award map showing plots owned by George Rising.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 1842<\/a><\/em> the plots George owned (included the former plots owned by his father) were as follows:
Plot No 85 was Cess Farm and plots 84, 86,88 & 89 surrounded the farm and were meadows, orchards and gardens. There was a pightle on plot 87.
Plot Nos 138, 144, 145 & 146 were between the north side of Repps Road<\/a><\/em> and the south side of Cess Road & Low Road. Plot 146 now has Bracey’s Buildings on it.
Plot No 159 was a very small triangular field at what is now part of the Playingfield alongside Rollesby Road<\/a><\/em>.
Plots 176 & 177 were on the corner of The Green<\/a><\/em> and what is now Hall Road.  I believe that plot 177 had Ivy Cottage on it which was the main home of George and his family. The same house, or its replacement, later became Point House and was occupied by Walter Hubbard and his wife, Dolly, during the 1940’s\/1950’s.
Plot No267 is a single field to the north of Hemsby Road<\/a><\/em> not far from Gibbet Hill.<\/a><\/em>
Plots 294 & 304 are fields between Pratt’s Loke<\/a><\/em> and Mill Lane<\/a><\/em> (the boundary between Martham and West Somerton).
Plots 580 to 583 were four grazing meadows off Common Road<\/a><\/em>.
Plots 626,627,637,638 & 639 were fields at Thunder Hill Farm<\/a><\/em> but there were no buildings there at the time. Plot No637 was where Thunder Hill Farm<\/a><\/em> buildings would stand later.
Plot No704 was a drain immediately north of plot No580 at Cess<\/a><\/em>.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When George was 32, he married Bridget Christmas on 12th<\/sup> February 1845 at St George\u2019s Church, Rollesby and they were listed in the 1851 census as living at Ivy Cottage, The Green<\/a><\/em>, Martham. By that time the farm had grown still further to 161 acres and George employed 12 labourers. George & Bridget had two children as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n