South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about South Elmham All Saints. You may be able to find further references to South Elmham All Saints in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham parish Bartholomew
ELMHAM (South)-All Saints a parish Imperial
Elmham, South -- All Saints and St Nicholas, St Cross (or Sandcroft), St James, St Margaret, St Michael, and St Peter Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
South Elmham St Michael 0 1
Rumburgh 0 2
South Elmham St Nicholas 0 1
South Elmham St Peter 0 1
South Elmham St James 0 1
Ilketshall St Margaret 0 2
South Elmham St Margaret 0 2
Wissett 0 2
Ilketshall St Lawrence 0 2
South Elmham St Cross 0 1
Spexhall 0 2
Chediston 0 2
Metfield 0 2
Linstead Parva 0 2
Flixton Near Bungay 2 2
Ilketshall St Andrew 0 3
Ilketshall St John 0 2
Homersfield 0 2
Withersdale 0 2
Bungay 2 3

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for South Elmham All Saints. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
ALL SAINTS AND ST NICHOLAS SOUTH ELMHAM John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
ELMHAM SOUTH ALL SAINTS John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ELMHAM SOUTH ALL SAINTS AND ST NICHOLAS ST CROSS OR SANDCROFT ST JAMES ST MARGARET ST MICHAEL AND ST PETER John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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