St Margaret South Elmham is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
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
The Saints.
[Flixton, St Margaret (South Elmham) and St Cross (South Elmham)]
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
The parish has a population of around 100.
[ It borders the parishes of Flixton, St Cross South Elmham, St Peter South Elmham and All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham.][ The parish council is operated jointly with Flixton and St Cross South Elmham.][Flixton West & St Cross & St Margaret South Elmham Grouped Parish Council]
Suffolk InfoLink, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
The village is spread along the road linking St Cross South Elmham with All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham, with a small cluster of houses around St Magarets Green, an area of common land at the southern border of the parish.[St Margaret - Village Profile]
Flixton, St Cross & St Margaret South Elmham GPC. Retrieved 2021-02-28. Other than a village hall and the parish church, the village has no services.[
The village church is dedicated to St Margaret. It has a Norman south doorway, a 14th-century tower and was restored during the 1870s.][Knott S (2008]
Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-28.[ Suckling AI (1846) 'South Elmham, St Margaret', in ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1'', pp.221–226. Ipswich: WS Crowell.]
Available online
at British History Online. Retrieved 2021-02-28.) The church is a Grade I listed building.[Church of St Margaret]
List entry, Historic England
Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked w ...
. Retrieved 2021-02-28. South Elmham Hall, a medieval moated site and former palace of the Bishop of Norwich
The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bishop of Norwich is Graham Usher.
The see is in t ...
, is on the eastern edge of the parish, extending into St Cross South Elmham. The site is a scheduled monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...
and the hall a Grade I listed building.[Moated site and associated fishponds of a bishop's palace at South Elmham Hall]
List entry, Historic England
Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked w ...
. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
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Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Waveney District
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