Great Ellingham

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Great Ellingham
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Great Ellingham Windmill
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Great Ellingham
Location within Norfolk
Area11.14 km2 (4.30 sq mi)
Population1,108 (2001 census [1] )
1,132 (2011) [2]
  Density 99/km2 (260/sq mi)
OS grid reference TM0194197215
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ATTLEBOROUGH
Postcode district NR17
Dialling code 01953
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°32′07″N0°58′34″E / 52.5353°N 0.9761°E / 52.5353; 0.9761 Coordinates: 52°32′07″N0°58′34″E / 52.5353°N 0.9761°E / 52.5353; 0.9761
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View of church spire (right) and windmill tower (left)

Great Ellingham is a village and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk. The village lies 2.5 miles north-west of Attleborough, 2 miles south-east of its sister village of Little Ellingham and 12 miles by road south from Dereham. The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Bow Street and Stalland Common, and covers an area of 1,114 hectares (2,750 acres) with a population of 1108 at the 2001 census, [3] though the district's 2007 estimate suggests that this may have risen to 1165, then decreasing to a measured population of 1,132 in 470 households at the 2011 Census.

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The site of Great Ellingham has been inhabited since pre-historic times and is documented in the Domesday book of 1086. Its name comes from the Old English for 'The homestead of Ella's or Eli's people'. [4] The medieval period provides the oldest surviving, mainly 14th century, building of St James the Great's Church, [5] in the Benefice of Great Ellingham. [6] This "attractive chequered flintwork and battlemented west tower [is] topped by a lead spire" was restored in the early 20th century. [7] The spire can be viewed from some distance away as the village is approached on the Attleborough road.

St James the Great church
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St James the Great church
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Chequered flintwork

The village has a number of early thatched properties, though no longer serving their original function, such as the 15th century probable hall house divided into two cottages but now one dwelling and shop Ye Olde Thatche Shoppe.

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Ye Olde Thatched Shoppe

The Crown public house, one of six pubs that used to be in the village, was once called The Bell and dates from the mid-18th century.

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The Crown pub, Great Ellingham

Schools

Great Ellingham primary school teaches just over 150 pupils up to the age of 11. [8]

Teddy Bear festival

The village is renowned locally [9] for its annual Teddy Bear Festival, which runs for two weeks in July. Alongside other events, villagers build and display straw bears in their gardens to create a "Teddy Bear Trail". Since the start of the festival in 2004, around £50,000 has been raised for local good causes and charities. [10]

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Information posted around the village informing of activities
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Example of Teddy Bear competition entrants
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