December 1997

Named as the
MERMAID & ROSARY 1845
ROSARY 1846 & 1851
MERMAID at HEDENHAM ROSARY 1879

In September 1848 the Hedenham Rosary was described as a delightful spot to which the proprietor had added a very valuable and extensive collection of hollyhocks, a tribe of plants hitherto little cultivated in this country, but which, if other growers are equally successful with Mr. Bircham, will become a favourite ornament of our gardens. The Rosary having about 4000 plants, 1000 of which were on show, many having spikes of three feet and above exhibiting a mass of bloom.

The Nursery Grounds, called the ROSARY, with good Roadside Inn attached and 30 Acres of Arable and Meadow Land, in occupation of Mr. R. B. Bircham for upwards of thirty years, was offered To Let from Michaelmas 1867, owing to the death of the late occupier.

October 12th 1867 : - Roger Roberts, late of Hempnall (LORD NELSON) requested all those in debt to him to settle with him at the Hedenham Mermaid and all those with with any claim or demand to send their particulars to same.

Part of the Hedenham Hall Estate For Sale by Auction, Saturday, 22nd June 1907. Included in the sale, as well as the Hall, were the Mermaid, Ditchingham Cottage, Hedenham Lodge, Six Farms, and Thirty Cottages.

Offered To Let, October 1911, with 40 Acres of Land.
Early Possession, apply Youngs, Crawshay & Youngs, Ltd.