Elveden
Elveden | |
St Andrew and St Patrick Church, Elveden |
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Elveden shown within Suffolk
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Population | 270 (2005)[1] 254 (2011)[2] |
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District | Forest Heath |
Shire county | Suffolk |
Region | East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Thetford |
Postcode district | IP24 |
Dialling code | 01842 |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
EU Parliament | East of England |
UK Parliament | West Suffolk |
Coordinates: 52°23′13″N 0°40′34″E / 52.387°N 0.676°E
Elveden is a village and civil parish in the Forest Heath district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 270.[1] The village is bypassed by the A11 between Cambridge and Norwich, which ran through the centre of the village prior to 2014.
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Etymology[edit]
The name Elveden seems to come from Old English *ælfa-dene 'elves' valley': the name appears, translated into Latin, as vallis nympharum 'valley of nymphs' in the mid-12th-century Miracula sancte Wihtburge.[3] During the 17th and 18th centuries, the village was often referred to as Elden[4] and the village name is often[citation needed] incorrectly spelt today as 'Elvedon'.
Elveden and the nearby village of Weeting were used as the code-names for investigations into the News of the World phone hacking allegations in July 2011.[5] Operation Elveden is the name of the investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments having been made to the police in exchange for information.
Tourism[edit]
Elveden Hall is the centrepiece of the Elveden Estate, a vast country estate that is now the family seat of the Anglo-Irish Guinness family, Earls of Iveagh. Formerly, it was the family home of Maharaja Duleep Singh, who is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew and St Patrick Church; his grave is visited by the Sikh community who pay homage to the last ruler of the Sikh Empire. A Center Parcs holiday complex is located to the North of the village in nearby Elveden Forest.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Alaric Hall, Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity, Anglo-Saxon Studies, 8 (Woodbridge: Boydell, 2007), pp. 64-65.
- ^ St Andrew and St Patrick parish registers - Suffolk Records Office, Bury St. Edmunds
- ^ Statement from Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
External links[edit]
Media related to Elveden at Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew and St Patrick, Elveden Suffolk Churches
- Elveden Estate website http://www.elveden.com
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