Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELMHAM (South)-St. James

ELMHAM (South)-St. James, a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk; 4½ miles SE of Homersfield r. station, and 5 NW of Halesworth. Post town, Metfield, under Harlestone. Acres, 1, 530. Real property, £2, 054. Pop., 294. Houses, 62. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £300. Patron, W. Adair, Esq. The church has a Norman north door; contains some early decorated screen-work, a square Norman font, remains of sedilia, and some small brasses; and is in fair condition.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wangford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: South Elmham St James

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