St Nicholas South Elmham is a place and former civil parish in the north of the

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. The parish was combined with All Saints' South Elmham in 1737 to form the parish of All Saints and St. Nicholas, South Elmham. It is south of the market town of

Bungay Bungay () is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . It lies in the Waveney Valley, west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a meand ...

in the

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district. It is part of the area around Bungay known as The Saints.All Saints & St. Nicholas, St Michael and St Peter, South Elmham
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-27. The village has always been sparsely populated, with the population rising to around 100 in the early 19th-century, with 94 residents at the

1851 United Kingdom census The United Kingdom Census of 1851 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of Sunday 30 March 1851, and was the second of the Census in the United Kingdom, UK censuses to include details of household members. However, this censu ...

. The combined population of the modern parish is around 130.Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk

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, 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
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2008-12-19.) The main area of population in St Nicholas is spread along the road leading from around

St Margaret South Elmham St Margaret South Elmham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is south-west of the market town of Bungay in the East Suffolk district. It is one of the parishes surrounding Bungay which are known as T ...

to the site of the former parish church.South Elmham All Saints and St Nicholas
Suffolk Heritage Explorer,

. Retrieved 2021-02-27. Suckling AI (1846) 'South Elmham, St Nicholas', in ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1'' pp.227–229. Ipswich: WS Crowell.
Available online
at British History Online. Retrieved 2021-02-27.) The church of St Nicholas was in ruins by the 17th-century and by the early 20th-century only a cross survived marking the position of the building.Knott S (2008

Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-27.Monument record SEN 008 - St Nicholas' Church (site of)
Suffolk Heritage Explorer,

. Retrieved 2021-02-27. The parish church is now

All Saints Church, South Elmham All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of All Saints' South Elmham, one of a group of villages jointly known as The Saints, in Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated ...

, although it is formally redundant and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.All Saints' Church, South Elmham, Suffolk
Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 2021-02-27.Knott S (2008
All Saints, South Elmham All Saints
Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-27.

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