Built around 1560, the Hall remained in the Glemham family until 1700 when it passed to the Norths (Earls of Guilford). Dudley North’s wife Catherine was daughter of Elihu Yale, founder of the famous American University. The Cobbold’s acquired the Hall in 1923. Old English: Gleam (happy) + ham (village) + Parva (small) hence Little Glemham.