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 straddles the northern limit of the parish at Elveden Forest.

The fourth (NW) side has a locked door that is used to access the inside of the column and via a spiral staircase to get to the upper parts of the monument.

Edward Cecil Guinness, owner of Elveden, commissioned the architect Clyde Francis Young to design and build the column, which took 2 years to erect and was completed in 1921.

Operations "Elveden" and (coincidentally nearby) "Weeting"[further explanation needed] were investigations surrounding the News of the World-implicated phone hacking allegations in July 2011.