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Ellingham, Norfolk

Historical Description

Ellingham, a village and a parish in Norfolk, at the verge of the county, on the river Waveney, adjacent to the Waveney Valley railway, 2¼ miles NE by E of Bungay, with a side station on the railway and a post office under Bungay; money order office, Ditchingham; telegraph office, Geldeston. Acreage, 1392; population, 342. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £300 with residence. The church is a building of flint and rubble, and dates from the 12th century. Ellingham Hall is a chief residence.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishEllingham St. Mary 
HundredClavering 
Poor Law unionLoddon and Clavering 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.

Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Ellingham:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1538-19011538-19011542-19021538-1901


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ellingham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Ellingham are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictSouth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR35
Post TownBungay

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