Homersfield | |
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Homersfield village green | |
Location within Suffolk | |
Area | 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) [1] |
Population | 158 (2011)[1] |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TM284856 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Harleston |
Postcode district | IP20 |
Dialling code | 01986 |
UK Parliament | |
Homersfield, also known as St Mary, South Elmham, is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is in the East Suffolk district, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of the market town of Bungay and 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Harleston. The official name of the civil parish is St Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield.[2] It is one of the parishes around Bungay known as The Saints.[3]
The parish had a population of 158 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.[1] The northern boundary of the parish is the River Waveney which marks the county border with Norfolk. It borders the Suffolk parishes of Flixton, St Cross South Elmham and Mendham and the Norfolk parishes of Denton, Alburgh and Wortwell.[1]