St Michael South Elmham
| St Michael South Elmham | |
|---|---|
 St Michael's church | |
  St Michael South Elmham Location within Suffolk | |
| Area | 2.4 km2 (0.93 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 60 (2005 est.)[2] |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TM340840 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bungay |
| Postcode district | NR35 |
| Dialling code | 01986 |
| UK Parliament | |
St Michael 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 of the market town of Bungay in the East Suffolk district. It is one of the villages surrounding Bungay which make up the area known as The Saints.[3]
The parish is sparsely populated with an estimated population of around 60.[a][2] It borders the parishes of St Peter South Elmham, All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham, Ilketshall St Margaret and Rumburgh.[4] The parish council operates jointly with All Saints and St Nicholas and St Michael.[3]
With no residents killed during World War I, the village is one of two Thankful Village in Suffolk.[5] It is one of only fourteen doubly thankful villages in England, in that it lost no residents in World War II either.[3][6]
The village is featured on Darren Hayman's album, Thankful Villages Volume 1.[7][8][9]
Notes
- ↑ 2011 United Kingdom census population data does not report population figures for parishes where the population is small enough to potential identify individuals. As a result no population figure is available for St Michael South Elmham at the census.[4]
References
- ↑ South Elmham St. Michael, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk, Suffolk County Council, 1 May 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2021. (Archived, 2008-12-19.)
- 1 2 3 All Saints & St. Nicholas, St Michael and St Peter, South Elmham, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- 1 2 Village profile: St Michael South Elmham, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ↑ "Thankful Villages – A project about rural life by Darren Hayman". thankful-villages.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ↑ Knott S (2008) St Michael, South Elmham St Michael, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ Petridis, Alexis (12 July 2016). "Darren Hayman: No sleep till Upper Slaughter". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ Marshall, Alex (25 May 2017). "Finding Songs Hidden in Britain's Thankful Villages". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ Spawls, Alice (10 June 2016). "Alice Spawls | Thankful Villages". LRB Blog. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
External links
Media related to St Michael South Elmham at Wikimedia Commons