St Margaret South Elmham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 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.Flixton, St Margaret (South Elmham) and St Cross (South Elmham), Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
The parish has a population of around 100. It borders the parishes of Flixton, St Cross South Elmham, St Peter South Elmham and All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham. The parish council is operated jointly with Flixton and St Cross South Elmham.Flixton West & St Cross & St Margaret South Elmham Grouped Parish Council, Suffolk InfoLink, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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.St Margaret – Village Profile, Flixton, St Cross & St Margaret South Elmham GPC. Retrieved 28 February 2021. Other than a village hall and the parish church, the village has no services.
The village church is dedicated to St Margaret. It has a Norman south doorway, a 14th-century tower and was restored during the 1870s.Knott S (2008) St Margaret, South Elmham St Margaret, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 28 February 2021.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 28 February 2021.) The church is a Grade I listed building.Church of St Margaret, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 28 February 2021. 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.Moated site and associated fishponds of a bishop's palace at South Elmham Hall, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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