Homersfield

Homersfield
Homersfield village green
Homersfield is located in Suffolk
Homersfield
Homersfield
Location within Suffolk
Area4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) [1]
Population158 (2011)[1]
• Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM284856
Civil parish
  • St Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHarleston
Postcode districtIP20
Dialling code01986
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°25′12″N 1°21′32″E / 52.420°N 1.359°E / 52.420; 1.359

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]

  1. ^ a b c d St. Mary, South Elmham, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  2. ^ St. Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield, Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  3. ^ Homersfield, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-01.