Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELMHAM (South)-St. Cross, or Sandcroft

ELMHAM (South)-St. Cross, or Sandcroft, a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk; adjacent to the river Waveney, and to the Waveney Valley railway, near Homersfield r. station, 5 miles SW of Bungay. Post town, South Elmham-St. Margaret, under Harlestone. Acres, 1, 110. Real property, £1, 973. Pop., 238. Houses, 46. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Homersfield, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is tolerable. Some remains exist of a moated minster, with nave 42 feet by 27, and apsidal chancel 24 feet.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wangford Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place: South Elmham St Cross

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