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{{Infobox town | |||
|name=St Michael South Elmham | |||
|county=Suffolk | |||
|picture=St Michael South Elmham - geograph.org.uk - 983777.jpg | |||
|picture caption=St Michael's church | |||
|os grid ref=TM340840 | |||
|latitude=52.404 | |||
|longitude=1.438 | |||
|population=60 | |||
|census year=2005 est. | |||
|post town=Bungay | |||
|postcode=NR35 | |||
|dialling code=01986 | |||
|constituency=Waveney | |||
}} | |||
'''St Michael South Elmham''' is a little village in northern [[Suffolk]]; one of the group of seven villages southwest of [[Bungay]] known as [[South Elmham]], and part of the wider group known as "[[The Saints, Suffolk|The Saints]]". | '''St Michael South Elmham''' is a little village in northern [[Suffolk]]; one of the group of seven villages southwest of [[Bungay]] known as [[South Elmham]], and part of the wider group known as "[[The Saints, Suffolk|The Saints]]". | ||
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The parish is known as South Elmham St Michael. Its church, St Michael's, is a solid, square-towered church overlooking the village green. It contains a memorial for those who went out to serve in both the First World War and the Second World War: 11 men in the Great War and 5 men and 2 women who served in the Second, who were the greater portion of the village's folk of working age. | The parish is known as South Elmham St Michael. Its church, St Michael's, is a solid, square-towered church overlooking the village green. It contains a memorial for those who went out to serve in both the First World War and the Second World War: 11 men in the Great War and 5 men and 2 women who served in the Second, who were the greater portion of the village's folk of working age. | ||
As the memorial records: "All Returned Safely". | As the memorial records: "All Returned Safely". St Michael is therefore a very rare and blessed village, which received back all it soldiers in both wars. It is one of the [[Thankful Villages]], and Twice-Thankful at that, which is very rare. | ||
{{ | {{The Saints, Suffolk}} | ||
[[Category:South Elmham|Michael]] [[Category:Thankful Villages]] | [[Category:South Elmham|Michael]] | ||
[[Category:Thankful Villages]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:02, 5 December 2024
| St Michael South Elmham | |
| Suffolk | |
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 St Michael's church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM340840 |
| Location: | 52°24’14"N, 1°26’17"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 60 (2005 est.) |
| Post town: | Bungay |
| Postcode: | NR35 |
| Dialling code: | 01986 |
| Local Government | |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Waveney |
St Michael South Elmham is a little village in northern Suffolk; one of the group of seven villages southwest of Bungay known as South Elmham, and part of the wider group known as "The Saints".
St Michael is the most easterly of the South Elmham villages, strung along the lane with St Peter to the north and All Saints to the south.
The parish is known as South Elmham St Michael. Its church, St Michael's, is a solid, square-towered church overlooking the village green. It contains a memorial for those who went out to serve in both the First World War and the Second World War: 11 men in the Great War and 5 men and 2 women who served in the Second, who were the greater portion of the village's folk of working age.
As the memorial records: "All Returned Safely". St Michael is therefore a very rare and blessed village, which received back all it soldiers in both wars. It is one of the Thankful Villages, and Twice-Thankful at that, which is very rare.