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'''St Nicholas South Elmham''' is a tiny hamlet 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". | |name=St Nicholas South Elmham | ||
|county=Suffolk | |||
|picture=Moated farmhouse at St Nicholas South Elmham - geograph.org.uk - 245090.jpg | |||
|picture caption=Church Farm, St Nicholas South Elmham | |||
|os grid ref=TM323829 | |||
|latitude=52.395 | |||
|longitude=1.411 | |||
|post town=Harleston | |||
|postcode=IP20 | |||
|dialling code=01986 | |||
|LG district=East Suffolk | |||
|constituency=Waveney | |||
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'''St Nicholas South Elmham''' is a tiny hamlet 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 Nicholas is the middlemost of the South Elmham villages, the others forming an informal | St Nicholas is the middlemost of the South Elmham villages, the others forming an informal ring around it. It sits quiet in the fen on a lane running south from the edge of [[St Margaret South Elmham|St Margaret]] and on to [[St James South Elmham|St James]]. | ||
St Nicholas is part of the parish of Rumburgh with South Elmham All Saints, and St Nicholas (and of the civil parish of All Saints and St Nicholas | The church of St Nicholas was in ruins by the 17th-century. The last incumbent at the church was installed in 1557. By the early 20th-century only a cross survived marking the position of the building.<ref name=scsn>Knott S (2008) [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/selstnick.html St Nicholas, South Elmham St Nicholas], Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-27.</ref> The parish church is now [[All Saints Church, South Elmham]], although it is formally redundant and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.<ref name=cct>[https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/all-saints-south-elmham.html All Saints' Church, South Elmham, Suffolk], Churches Conservation Trust</ref><ref name=scas>Knott S (2008) [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/selallsaints.html All Saints, South Elmham All Saints], Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-27.</ref> | ||
St Nicholas is part of the parish of Rumburgh with South Elmham All Saints, and St Nicholas (and of the civil parish of All Saints and St Nicholas. | |||
[[File:Church Farm - geograph.org.uk - 1778600.jpg|left|200px|Church Farm]] | [[File:Church Farm - geograph.org.uk - 1778600.jpg|left|200px|Church Farm]] | ||
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[[Category:South Elmham|Nicholas]] | [[Category:South Elmham|Nicholas]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:07, 5 December 2024
| St Nicholas South Elmham | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 Church Farm, St Nicholas South Elmham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM323829 |
| Location: | 52°23’42"N, 1°24’40"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Harleston |
| Postcode: | IP20 |
| Dialling code: | 01986 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Suffolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Waveney |
St Nicholas South Elmham is a tiny hamlet 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 Nicholas is the middlemost of the South Elmham villages, the others forming an informal ring around it. It sits quiet in the fen on a lane running south from the edge of St Margaret and on to St James.
The church of St Nicholas was in ruins by the 17th-century. The last incumbent at the church was installed in 1557. By the early 20th-century only a cross survived marking the position of the building.[1] The parish church is now All Saints Church, South Elmham, although it is formally redundant and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.[2][3]
St Nicholas is part of the parish of Rumburgh with South Elmham All Saints, and St Nicholas (and of the civil parish of All Saints and St Nicholas.
References
- ↑ Knott S (2008) St Nicholas, South Elmham St Nicholas, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ↑ All Saints' Church, South Elmham, Suffolk, Churches Conservation Trust
- ↑ Knott S (2008) All Saints, South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-27.