All Saints' South Elmham Explained

Official Name:All Saints' South Elmham
Country:England
Region:East of England
Static Image Name:Moat Farm, All Saints South Elmham - geograph.org.uk - 864111.jpg
Static Image Caption:Moat Farm on All Saints Common
Os Grid Reference:TM343827
Coordinates:52.392°N 1.44°W
Post Town:Halesworth
Postcode Area:IP
Postcode District:IP19
Dial Code:01986
Constituency Westminster:Waveney
Civil Parish:All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham
Shire District:East Suffolk
Shire County:Suffolk
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All Saints' South Elmham is a village and former civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. The parish was combined with St Nicholas South Elmham in 1737 to form the parish of All Saints and St. Nicholas, South Elmham. It is 5miles south of the market town of Bungay in the East Suffolk district. It is one of the villages that make up the area around Bungay known as The Saints.[1]

The main area of population in the village is clustered around All Saints Common, a large area of common land.[2] [3] All Saints' was recorded as having a population of 192 in 1801 and 232 by the time of the 1851 United Kingdom census.[2] The combined population of the modern parish is around 130.[4]

The parish church of All Saints survives, although it is formally redundant and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. It is a Grade I listed building, dates from the 12th-century and is one of around 40 round-tower churches in Suffolk.[5] [6] [7] [8] Other than the parish church, the village has no services.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.healthysuffolk.org.uk/uploads/Three_Saints-_Parish_Profile.pdf All Saints & St. Nicholas, St Michael and St Peter, South Elmham
  2. https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/south_elmham_all_saints_and_st_nicholas.pdf South Elmham All Saints and St Nicholas
  3. [Alfred Suckling|Suckling AI]
  4. http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk
  5. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031997 Church of All Saints
  6. https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/all-saints-south-elmham.html All Saints' Church, South Elmham, Suffolk
  7. Knott S (2008) All Saints, South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  8. https://www.roundtowers.org.uk/halesworth-all-saints-and-st-nicholas/ All Saints, South Elmham