Ellough is a

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in the East Suffolk district of the

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, located approximately south-east of

Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is located along the A145 r ...

. The area is sparsely populated with a mid-2005 population estimate of 40. The parish, which has an area of , borders

Worlingham Worlingham is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is about east of Beccles, with the two places effectively joined to form one urban area. At the United Kingdom ...

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, Mutford,

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Sotterley Sotterley, originally ''Southern-lea'' from its situation south of the river,Alfred Inigo Suckling, Suckling, A.I., (1846). 'Sotterley', in ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk'', 2 vols (W.S. Cowell, Ipswich 1846), Ipp. 81– ...

Willingham St Mary Willingham St Mary, also known simply as Willingham, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk located about south of Beccles in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district. At the 2011 United Kingdom census it had a ...

and Henstead with Hulver Street. The parish council operates to administer jointly the parishes of Shadingfield, Willingham St Mary, Sotterley and Ellough. The parish was the site of a

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airfield built in 1943, with part of it still operating today as

Beccles Airfield Beccles Airfield, also known as Beccles Airport or Beccles Aerodrome , is located southeast of Beccles in the county of Suffolk, England. Built during the Second World War, it has operated as a heliport servicing the North Sea oil and gas indu ...

. Other parts of the former airfield are 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, 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, 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 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

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.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

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RAF Beccles

Ellough Airfield was completed in 1943 and served as a

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and RAF Coastal Command airfield during

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

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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 Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Su ...

, 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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'', 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2021-02-10. A series of solar farms 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. The largest town is Lowestoft, which contains Ness Point, the easternmost point of the United Kingdom. The second largest town is Felixstowe, which has the country's largest con ...

, 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2021-02-10. A basic airstrip, known as

, 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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