Ellough is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk, located approximately south-east of

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

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, North Cove, Mutford,

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, Sotterley, Willingham St Mary and Henstead with Hulver Street. The 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

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, 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. Lewis S (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 RAF Bomber Command and

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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 farmers market and for Ellough Park Raceway, 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, 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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