Shadingfield is a village and

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. It is located around south of

Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, north-east of London as the crow fl ...

in the north of the county. The village is spread along a stretch of the A145 road between Beccles and

Blythburgh Blythburgh is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is west of Southwold and south-east of Halesworth and lies on the River Blyth. The A12 road runs through the village which is split ...

to the south.Shadingfield
Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-02-11. The Ipswich to Lowestoft railway line runs through the west of the parish, with the nearest stations at

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and Beccles railway stations. The village itself is joined with

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. At the 2011 United Kingdom census it had a population of 152. T ...

and west of

Sotterley Sotterley, originally ''Southern-lea'' from its situation south of the river, Suckling, A.I., (1846). 'Sotterley', in ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk'', 2 vols (W.S. Cowell, Ipswich 1846), Ipp. 81–96(British History Onli ...

. The parish council operates to administer jointly the parishes of Shadingfield, Willingham, Sotterley and

Ellough Ellough is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk, located approximately south-east of Beccles. The area is sparsely populated with a mid-2005 population estimate of 40. The parish, which has an area of , ...

. Other than Willingham and Sotterley, the parish also borders

Brampton with Stoven Brampton with Stoven is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located south of the town of Beccles and north-east of Halesworth, with an area of .Redisham Redisham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is located south-west of Beccles and north-east of Halesworth in the East Suffolk district. The population of the parish was 125 at the 2011 United Kingdom census. ...

and

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. At the 2011 United Kingdom census the population of the parish was 178. This had risen slightly from a mid-2005 population estimate of 170, and significantly from a 1981 population of 103. Some houses in Redisham village are within the Shadingfield parish area.

Culture and community

Shadingfield and Willingham share the limited amenities in the village, with the village hall, playground area and a

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, the ''Shadingfield Fox'', all on the parish boundary.Shadingfield, Sotterley, Willingham & Ellough
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Waveney District Council Waveney may refer to: * River Waveney, a river that forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England * Waveney District, a local government district in Suffolk, England * Waveney (UK Parliament constituency) * Waveney class lifeboat, a class ...

, adopted 2019, published by

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, 2019, pp.191–192. Retrieved 2020-02-10. Children attend a primary school in

and the

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. The local church, alongside the A145, is dedicated to

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. Shadingfield Hall is a Grade II listed Georgian house. It was built between 1806 and 1808 for Thomas Charles Scott, replacing a mid 16th-century manor house. Scott's son, the Reverend T C Scott was Rector of Shadingfield until 1897. The house is now on the Sotterley estate. Then

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took his family holiday at Shadingfield Hall in the summer of 2008.Rimmer J (2019
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'', 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2021-02-11.

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