St_Margaret,_South_Elmham
St Margaret South Elmham
Human settlement in England
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]