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Ellough is a
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
in the
East Suffolk East Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England: * East Suffolk (county), a county until 1974 * East Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019 * East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral dist ...
district of the
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of
Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include L ...
, located approximately south-east of
Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town A market town is a Human settlement, settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular marketplace, market; this d ...
. The area is sparsely populated with a mid-2005 population estimate of 40. The parish, which has an area of , borders Worlingham, North Cove,
Mutford Mutford is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk District of the English county of Suffolk. The village is south-west of Lowestoft and south-east of Beccles in a rural area. The parish borders Barnby, Carlton Colville, Gisleham, Rus ...
, Weston, Sotterley, Willingham St Mary and
Henstead with Hulver Street Henstead with Hulver Street is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is around south-west of Lowestoft, south-east of Beccles and north of the coastal town of Southwold.parish council operates to administer jointly the parishes of Shadingfield, Willingham St Mary, Sotterley and Ellough. The village was the site of a
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airfield built in 1943 and operated today as Beccles Airfield. Part of the former airfield is used as a kart racetrack and as an industrial estate, including the main production site of local printing firm William Clowes Ltd. The village itself is dispersed and has few services.Shadingfield, Sotterley, Willingham & Ellough
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
The A145 road, forming part of the Beccles southern bypass, runs along part of the northern border of the parish.


History

At the time of the
Domesday survey Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror Wil ...
, Ellough, known then as ''Elga'', was a small settlement of four or five households.Ellough
Domesday Map. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
Archived
2012-03-13.)

Domesday Book online. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
It formed part of the lands of Roger Bigot and was held by Robert of Vaux, having been confiscated from
Ralph Guader Ralph de Gaël (otherwise Ralph de Guader, Ralph Wader or Radulf Waders or Ralf Waiet or Rodulfo de Waiet; before 1042c. 1100) was the Earl of East Anglia ( Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort (''Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort'' ...
, former Earl of Norfolk, following a failed rebellion. Suckling AI (1846) 'Ellough, or Willingham All Saints', ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: volume 1'', pp. 53–57. Ipswich: WS Crowell.
Available online
at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-06-25.)
It is recorded as ''El'gh'' prior to 1400 and as ''Ellowe'' on a map of 1610.Ellough
The Suffolk Real Ale Guide, Suffolk CAMRA. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
The manor passed through a number of owners, including the Playters of Sotterley, before being owned by the
Earl of Gosford Earl of Gosford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Arthur Acheson, 2nd Viscount Gosford. The Acheson family descends from the Scottish statesman Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh, who later settled ...
in the 1840s.
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(ed) (1848) 'Ellough, or Willingham (All Saints)' in ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'', pp. 158–161.
Available online
at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-06-25.)
The church held some of the glebe land of St Mary's church in Willingham. The population of the parish was 155 in 1848, falling to 125 in 1871, at which time the parish was worth £1,687 and consisted of 1,097 acres of land. The population declined dramatically following the second world war and now stands at less than 50.Ellough AP/CP: Historical statistics – population
Vision of Britain. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
''A profile of Waveney''
Waveney District Council, February 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-25.


All Saints Church

Ellough church is dedicated to All Saints and stands in an exposed position on a ridge overlooking the parish. Wilson JM (1872) 'Ellough' in ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'', quoted a
Ellough, Suffolk
Vision of Britain. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
Knott S (2021

Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
It is medieval in origin, was heavily restored in the late 19th century, and is now a
Grade I listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ire ...
.Church of All Saints, Ellough
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
It stands to the south of the valley of the Hundred River which has its mouth at
Kessingland Kessingland is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located around south of Lowestoft on the east coast of the United Kingdom. It is of interest to archaeologist ...
.


RAF Beccles

Ellough Airfield was completed in 1943 and served as a
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and
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airfield during
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as RAF Beccles.Shaw
History of Beccles (Ellough) Airfield
Rainair website. Retrieved 2009-04-19.

2008-06-29.)
The airfield was decommissioned after the war and the land is now used as an industrial estate, a
farmers market A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors ...
and for
Ellough Park Raceway Ellough Park Raceway is a kart racing track in Ellough in the English county of Suffolk. It is located around south-east of the market town of Beccles. It is primarily used for kart racing as it is a fast, but tight and twisty circuit. The trac ...
, a kart racing circuit. William Clowes Ltd. printers moved to the industrial park in 2004Staff call for safe route to work
BBC news website, 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
and the park has one of the UK's largest solar roof installation sited on the roof of a Promens warehouse and with a generating capacity of 1.65MW.Beccles: Promens Packaging’s solar power generation hits the roof
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A series of
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s have been built around the southern and western edges of the site.Planning application
East Suffolk District Council East Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England, which was established on 1 April 2019, following the merger of the existing Suffolk Coastal and Waveney districts. At the 2011 census, the two districts had a combined population ...
, 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
A basic airstrip, known as Beccles Airfield, remains at the site, used as a training base and private airfield. For a time a heliport operated to service oil and gas rigs in the North Sea.


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