All Saints' South Elmham is a village and former civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. The parish was combined with St Nicholas South Elmham in 1737 to form the parish of All Saints and St. Nicholas, South Elmham. It is south of the market town of Bungay in the East Suffolk district. It is one of the villages that make up the area around Bungay known as The Saints.All Saints & St. Nicholas, St Michael and St Peter, South Elmham, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
The main area of population in the village is clustered around All Saints Common, a large area of common land.South Elmham All Saints and St Nicholas, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 27 February 2021.Suckling AI (1846) 'South Elmham, All Saints', in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1 pp.183–189. Ipswich: WS Crowell. (Available online at British History Online. Retrieved 27 February 2021.) All Saints' was recorded as having a population of 192 in 1801 and 232 by the time of the 1851 United Kingdom census. The combined population of the modern parish is around 130.Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk, Suffolk County Council, 1 May 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2021. (Archived, 2008-12-19.)
The parish church of All Saints survives, although it is formally redundant and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. It is a Grade I listed building, dates from the 12th-century and is one of around 40 round-tower churches in Suffolk.Church of All Saints, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 27 February 2021.All Saints' Church, South Elmham, Suffolk, Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 27 February 2021.Knott S (2008) All Saints, South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 27 February 2021.All Saints, South Elmham, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 27 February 2021. Other than the parish church, the village has no services.
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Website with photos of All Saints South Elmham, a round-tower church