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, The village is north-west of Attleborough, north-west of its sister village of Great Ellingham, west-south-west of Norwich and 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.
Little Ellingham is served by St Peter's ChurchNorfolk churches in the Benefice of Great Ellingham.Great Ellingham Benefice
History The villages name means 'Homestead/village of Ella's people' or possibly, 'homestead/village at Ella's place'.
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, 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.
Historic buildings Located to the northwest of the church is Little Ellingham hall and its associated clock tower, both built in 1855. The brick tower, which stands at the centre of a group of cottages, is three stories high with a cupola on the top.
References
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Little%20Ellingham