St Margaret South Elmham
Church of St Margaret
St Margaret South Elmham is located in Suffolk
St Margaret South Elmham
St Margaret South Elmham
Location within Suffolk
Area2.4 km2 (0.93 sq mi) [1]
Population100 (2005 est.)[2]
• Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM314839
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHarleston
Postcode districtIP20
Dialling code01986
UK Parliament

St Margaret South Elmham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) 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.[3]

The parish has a population of around 100.[lower-alpha 1][2] It borders the parishes of Flixton, St Cross South Elmham, St Peter South Elmham and All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham.[4] The parish council is operated jointly with Flixton and St Cross South Elmham.[5]

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.[1][6] Other than a village hall and the parish church, the village has no services.[3]

The village church is dedicated to St Margaret. It has a Norman south doorway, a 14th-century tower and was restored during the 1870s.[1][7][8] The church is a Grade I listed building.[9] South Elmham Hall, a medieval moated site and former palace of the Bishop of Norwich, is on the eastern edge of the parish, extending into St Cross South Elmham. The site is a scheduled monument and the hall a Grade I listed building.[8][10]

Notes

  1. ↑ 2011 United Kingdom census population data does not report population figures for parishes where the population is small enough to potential identify individuals and the population of St Margaret was combined with that of St Cross South Elmham. As a result no population figure is available for either parish at the census.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 South Elmham St. Margaret, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  2. 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk, Suffolk County Council, 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2009-04-19. (Archived, 2008-12-19.)
  3. 1 2 Flixton, St Margaret (South Elmham) and St Cross (South Elmham), Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  4. 1 2 St Margaret South Elmham, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  5. ↑ Flixton West & St Cross & St Margaret South Elmham Grouped Parish Council, Suffolk InfoLink, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  6. ↑ St Margaret - Village Profile, Flixton, St Cross & St Margaret South Elmham GPC. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  7. ↑ Knott S (2008) St Margaret, South Elmham St Margaret, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  8. 1 2 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.)
  9. ↑ Church of St Margaret, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  10. ↑ Moated site and associated fishponds of a bishop's palace at South Elmham Hall, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
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