The Saints, Suffolk

The Saints, Suffolk

The Saints are a group of villages in Suffolk, England, near the border with Norfolk. The villages are all named after a saint (that of their parish church), and either South Elmham or Ilketshall named after the 'hall of Alfkethill'.

South Elmham comes from the name of an early unit of the Church of England - North Elmham was in Norfolk, thirty miles away.

The Saints are

*St Cross South Elmham (church actually to Saint George)
*St Margaret South Elmham
*St Mary South Elmham (known as Homersfield)
*St Mary South Elmham (known as Flixton)
*St Michael South Elmham
*St Nicholas South Elmham (church no longer present)
*St Peter South Elmham
*All Saints South Elmham
*St James South Elmham - Benjamin Franklin's, great-great-grandmother was Alice Elmy born at Frenze Hall near Diss on the Suffolk / Norfolk border in England, but her family were from St James.

*Ilketshall St John
*Ilketshall St Lawrence (aka Stone Street)
*Ilketshall St. Andrew

Each of the villages also constitutes a civil parish, apart from All Saints and St Nicholas, which are joined together in the All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham parish.

St Michael is one of the Thankful Villages.

External links

* [http://www.southelmham.co.uk/minster.asp Where it all began] — South Elmham Minster
* [http://www.suffolksaints.org.uk/ suffolksaints.co.uk]
* [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/selintro.html The Saints from suffolkchurches.co.uk]
* [http://www.wuffings.co.uk/WuffSites/Helmham.htm The Mystery of the two Elmhams]
* [http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/hall/about/history.htm The Brewery and Hall] — St Peters
* [http://www.bigenealogy.com/suffolk/flixton_parish2.htm Flixton Parish] — aka St Mary South Elmham


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