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Elveden
Elveden shown within Suffolk |
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| Population | 270 [1] |
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| District | Forest Heath |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Thetford |
| Dialling code | 01842 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
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 located on the A11 between Cambridge and Norwich and experiences a high volume of traffic. Since at least the 1980s, speculative plans for a bypass have been drawn up and repeatedly shelved.
Elveden Hall is centrepiece to the large country estate of Elveden, and it is the family seat of the Earl of Iveagh. A Center Parcs holiday complex is located to the North of the village in nearby Elveden Forest.
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-twelfth-century Miracula sancte Wihtburge.[2] During the 17th and 18th Centuries, the village was often referred to as Elden[3] and the village name is often 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 during July 2011[4]. Operation Elveden is the name of the investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments having been made to the police in exchange for information.
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