A little bit of history
Ingoldisthorpe Church Hall was built in 1910 in the traditional North-West Norfolk carrstone, funded by Mrs Eleanor Coates Tylden in memory of her brother the Rev. Dr. James Bellamy. Eleanor Coates Tylden was Lady of Ingoldisthorpe Manor and she is the figure on the left of the Ingoldisthorpe village sign, and our Hall logo. James was President of St John’s College Oxford and he inherited Ingoldisthorpe Manor in 1874. Eleanor Coates Tylden gave the hall to the church for the purposes of a Village Hall. Mrs Tylden died on the 13th November, 1928 at the age of 105.
“As a memorial to my brother I had the Church Hall built in 1910. The purposes for which it can be used I have considered carefully: a classroom, etc. for church work, for the celebration of Divine Service and for any other purpose having in view the spiritual, intellectual, oral and bodily welfare of members of the Church of England. I intend leaving £1,000 for it, the income to be applied for the repair of the hall, and trust that the rector and churchwardens invest it wisely.”
Eleanor Coates Tylden
Image from The Royal Collection Trust
Today
The Hall is still owned by the church; specifically by the Norwich Diocese, and is managed by the Hall Committee, a sub-committee of the Ingoldisthorpe Parochial Church Council. For further information, please view our Administration page.
The Hall has had a variety of uses over the years: school gymnasium, working men’s club, and the location for whist drives, alongside the more common uses such as play groups, youth clubs and village Christmas parties.
There are many hall users, many of whom return weekly or monthly for the classes, events, social activities or meetings. The Hall is also the venue for all the local, European and General Elections that take place, attracting at most approximately 65% of the village.
