Ellingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
The village is located north-east of Bungay and south-east of Norwich, along the River Waveney. The majority of the population lies in the east of the parish in Kirby Row.
Ellingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for either Ella's homestead or village or a settlement with an abundance of eels.
Archaeological evidence suggests that Ellingham was the site of several roughly five Roman kilns, one of the kilns was operated by Regalis, who moved to the parish from Camulodunum.
In the Domesday Book, Ellingham is listed as a settlement of 31 households in the hundred of Clavering. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I.
Ellingham Mill was in operation from the Twelfth Century to 1964, grinding crops into either flour or animal feed. The mill still stands today and is awaiting a conservation plan from Norfolk Heritage. In the late Nineteenth Century, Ellingham Mill was the site of the grim discovery of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Harley of Beccles in the River Waveney, the official inquest ruled that the deaths were the result of suicide. Furthermore, the mill was owned and operated by Hovis from 1947 to 1949.
Ellingham railway station opened in 1863 as a stop on the Waveney Valley Line between Tivetshall and Beccles.
Ellingham was also the site of the discovery of mid-Seventeenth Century firearm with a pillbox being installed on the bridge crossing the River Waveney during the Second World War.
According to the 2021 census, Ellingham has a total population of 602 people which demonstrates an increase from the 554 people listed in the 2011 census.
Ellingham is bisected by the A143 between Great Yarmouth and Haverhill.
Ellingham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the Nineteenth Century. St. Mary's is located on Geldeston Road and has been Grade I listed since 1960.
St. Mary's has good examples of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century stained glass depicting the Annunciation, Christ the Shepherd and the Parable of the Sower with St. Mary's tower in the background, installed by Reginald Bell with further depictions of the Adoration of the Magi by Charles Eamer Kempe and Naomi and Ruth by Ward and Hughes.
Ellingham Hall is an Eighteenth Century manor house built in the Georgian style and was first inhabited Rev. William Johnson. Today, the hall operates as an organic farm, wedding venue and shooting venue.
Easton is part of the electoral ward of Ditchingham & Earsham for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.
Ellingham War Memorial is a stone Latin-cross in St. Mary's Churchyard. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:
The memorial also lists the following for the Second World War: