In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Elmham St Margaret like this:
ELMHAM (South)-St. Margaret, a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk; 2¾ miles SE of Homersfield r. station, and 4½ SSW of Bungay. It has a post office under Harlestone. Acres, 710. Real property, £1, 078. Pop., 152. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of South Elmham-St. Peter, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £250. Patron, W. Adair, Esq. The church is chiefly early English, but has a Norman door and a later English tower; and is good.
South Elmham St Margaret through time
South Elmham St Margaret is now part of Waveney district. Click here for graphs and data of how Waveney has changed over two centuries. For statistics about South Elmham St Margaret itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of South Elmham St Margaret, in Waveney and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7147
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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