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Ellingham
Ellingham Mill
Ellingham is located in Norfolk
Ellingham
Ellingham
Location within Norfolk
Area2.16 sq mi (5.6 km2)
Population554 
• Density256/sq mi (99/km2)
OS grid referenceTM365929
• London95 miles (153 km)
Civil parish
  • Ellingham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUNGAY
Postcode districtNR35
Dialling code01508
UK Parliament
Websitewww.kce-pc.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°28′59″N 1°28′55″E / 52.483°N 1.482°E / 52.483; 1.482

Ellingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village lies about 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north-east of Bungay and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Norwich, along the River Waveney. Ellingham village is in the north-east, on the boundary with Kirby Cane village, and the two villages are now contiguous.

History

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Ellingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for either Ella's homestead or village, or a settlement with an abundance of eels.[1]

Archaeological evidence suggests that Ellingham was the site of several roughly five Roman kilns. One of them was operated by Regalis, who moved to the parish from Camulodunum.[2]

In the Domesday Book, Ellingham is listed as a settlement of 31 households in the hundred of Clavering. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I.[3]

Ellingham Mill was in operation from the 12th century to 1964, grinding crops into either flour or animal feed.[4] The 18th-century building and attached Mill House still stand.[5] The mill was owned and operated by Hovis from 1947 to 1949.

Ellingham railway station opened in 1863 as a stop on the Waveney Valley Line between Tivetshall and Beccles, which ran to the south of the village; the line closed in 1965.[6]

Modern maps show Kirby Row as an area in the south of Ellingham village, around Mill Lane.[7] As recently as 1957, Kirby Row was the name of the settlement now known as Kirby Cane.[8]

Ellingham was the site of the discovery of mid-17th century firearm.[9] A pillbox was installed on the bridge crossing the River Waveney during the Second World War.[10]

Geography

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At the 2021 census, Ellingham had a population of 602, an increase from the 554 listed in the 2011 census.[11]

The parish is bisected by the A143 road between Great Yarmouth and Haverhill. Until Broome and Ellingham were bypassed in 2002,[citation needed] the main road ran along the street that formed the boundary between Ellingham and Kirby Cane.[8]

St. Mary's Church

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Ellingham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the 19th century. St. Mary's is on Geldeston Road, some way south of the modern village, and has been Grade I listed since 1960.[12]

St. Mary's has good examples of 19th and 20th-century stained glass depicting the Annunciation, Christ the Shepherd and the Parable of the Sower with St. Mary's tower in the background, installed by Reginald Bell with further depictions of the Adoration of the Magi by Charles Eamer Kempe and Naomi and Ruth by Ward and Hughes.[13]

Ellingham Hall

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Ellingham Hall is an 18th-century manor house built in the Georgian style, first inhabited Rev. William Johnson. Today, the hall operates as an organic farm, wedding venue and shooting venue.

Notable residents

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  • Vaughan Smith (born 1963), soldier, farmer and journalist, lived in Ellingham Hall
  • Julian Assange (born 1971), Australian publisher and activist, lived in Ellingham Hall

Governance

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Kirby Cane & Ellingham Parish Council covers the two adjacent civil parishes. For elections to South Norfolk District Council, Ellingham is part of the electoral ward of Ditchingham & Earsham.[14] For Westminster elections, following boundary changes that came into effect in 2024, the area is part of the Waveney Valley constituency which is represented by Adrian Ramsay of the Green Party.

War Memorial

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Ellingham War Memorial is a stone Latin-cross in St. Mary's Churchyard.[15] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[16][17]

Rank Name Unit Date of death Burial/Commemoration
LSgt. Leonard A. Watson 9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 24 Mar. 1918 Étaples Military Cemetery
LCpl. George W. Norman 6th Bn., Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8 Oct. 1918 Templeux-le-Guérard Cem.
LCpl. Samuel J. Cossey Royal Marines att. HMS Lion 31 May 1916 Plymouth Naval Memorial
LCpl. Nelson V. Cossey 3rd Bn., Rifle Brigade 24 Feb. 1916 Étaples Military Cemetery
LCpl. Albert E. Hood 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment 15 Oct. 1916 Heilly Station Cemetery
Gnr. K. William Ward C Bty., Royal Horse Artillery 10 Oct. 1918 Highland Cemetery
Pte. Edgar C. Cossey 2nd Bn., Coldstream Guards 25 Aug. 1918 St. Hilaire Cemetery
Pte. George Baldry 1/7th Bn., Middlesex Regiment 31 Aug. 1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial
Pte. George A. Shawl 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment 22 Mar. 1916 Vermelles British Cemetery
Pte. Leonard Everett 10th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment 3 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial

The memorial also lists the following for the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of death Burial/Commemoration
Dvr. L. Stanley Rumsey Royal Army Service Corps 21 Feb. 1947 St. Mary's Churchyard
Pte. Alice M. Curtis Auxiliary Territorial Service 6 Dec. 1941 St. Mary's Churchyard
Pte. Raymond E. G. Burcham 4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 6 Aug. 1943 Sai Wan War Cemetery
Pte. Edward H. Church 244th Coy., Royal Pioneer Corps 2 Dec. 1944 Schoonselhof Cemetery
Skpr. Royal Arthur J. W. Page H.M. Trawler Fir 3 Dec. 1942 Normanston Dv. Cemetery

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "mnf11843 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ellingham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ellingham". Norfolk Mills. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Ellingham Mill and Mill House (1373094)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  7. ↑ "Map of Kirby Row". Streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Ordnance Survey map TM39SE - A". National Library of Scotland. 1957. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "mnf25089 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "mnf12668 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ellingham (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Ellingham (1153134)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  15. ↑ Historic England. "Ellingham War Memorial, Ellingham (1447563)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  16. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Ellingham". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "Geograph:: Earlham to Erpingham :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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