Little Ellingham

Infobox UK place
official_name= Little Ellingham
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= Breckland
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= Little Ellingham CP
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static_image_caption =Saint Peter Parish Church, Little Ellingham
population= 271 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density=
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latitude= 52.55305
longitude= 0.95654
post_town= ATTLEBOROUGH
postcode_area= NR
postcode_district= NR17
dial_code= 01953
constituency_westminster=
london_distance= convert|104|mi|km

Little Ellingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk [Ordnance Survey Explorer Map, Sheet 237, Norwich, Wymondham, Attleborough and Watton, ISBN 0 319 23809 1] . The village is 4.6 miles north west of Attleborough, 18.8 miles west south west of Norwich and 105 miles north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Attleborough for the Breckland Line which runs between Cambridge and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

History

Little Ellingham has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085 [The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 191, Little Ellingham, ISBN 1858334403] . In the great book Little Ellingham is recorded by the names “Ailincham”, “Elincgham” and “Ellingham. The main landholder is the King but in the custody of William de Warenne and Godric. The survey also mentions 12 cattle and 34 goats.

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