Ellough

History

At the time of the Domesday survey, Ellough, known then as Elga, was a small settlement of four or five households. 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. It is recorded as El'gh prior to 1400 and as Ellowe on a map of 1610.

The manor passed through a number of owners, including the Playters of Sotterley, before being owned by the Earl of Gosford in the 1840s. The church held some of the glebe land of St Mary's church in Willingham.

All Saints Church

Ellough church is dedicated to All Saints and stands in an exposed position on a ridge overlooking the parish. It is medieval in origin, was heavily restored in the late 19th century, and is now a Grade I listed building. It stands to the south of the valley of the Hundred River which has its mouth at Kessingland.

RAF Beccles

Main article: Beccles Airport

Ellough Airfield was completed in 1943 and served as a RAF Bomber Command and RAF Coastal Command airfield during World War II as RAF Beccles. 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 2004 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. A series of solar farms have been built around the southern and western edges of the site.

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.

Notes

References

References

1. [https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/ellough.pdf Ellough (otherwise Willingham All Saints or Willough)], Suffolk Heritage Explorer, [[Suffolk County Council]]. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
2. [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk], [[Suffolk County Council]], 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2009-04-19. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20081219023551/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Archived], 2008-12-19.)
3. [https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/assets/Planning/Neighbourhood-Planning/Town-and-village-profiles/Ellough.pdf Village profile: Ellough], [[East Suffolk District Council]], 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
4. The parish, which has an area of {{convert. 4.5. km2. mi2, borders [[Worlingham]], [[North Cove]], [[Mutford]], [[Weston, Suffolk. parish council]] operates to administer jointly the parishes of [[Shadingfield]], Willingham St Mary, Sotterley and Ellough.[http://shadingfield.onesuffolk.net/parish-council/ Shadingfield, Sotterley, Willingham and Ellough Parish Council Website], 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
5. [https://www.healthysuffolk.org.uk/uploads/Shadingfield,_Sotterley,_Willingham___Ellough-_Parish_Profile.pdf Shadingfield, Sotterley, Willingham & Ellough], Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
6. [http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TM4486/ellough/ Ellough], Domesday Map. Retrieved 2011-06-25. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120313084625/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TM4486/ellough/ Archived], 2012-03-13.)
7. [http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/suffolk2.html#ellough Ellough], Domesday Book online. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
8. [[Alfred Inigo Suckling|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. ([http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=75111 Available online] at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-06-25.)
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11. [[John Marius Wilson
12. Knott S (2021) [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ellough.htm All Saints, Ellough], Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
13. [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-282161-church-of-all-saints-ellough Church of All Saints, Ellough], British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
14. Shaw F [http://www.rainair.co.uk/history.html History of Beccles (Ellough) Airfield], Rainair website. Retrieved 2009-04-19. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080629210119/http://www.rainair.co.uk/history.html Archived], 2008-06-29.)
15. [http://www.becclesfarmersmarket.co.uk/ Beccles Farmers Market]. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
16. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7263221.stm Staff call for safe route to work], BBC news website, 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
17. [https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/beccles-promens-packaging-s-solar-power-generation-hits-the-roof-524382 Beccles: Promens Packaging’s solar power generation hits the roof], ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
18. [https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1300327/judge-overrules-pickles-solar-farm-refusal Judge overrules Pickles over solar farm refusal], ''Planning'', 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
19. [https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2015-03-12/pickles-approves-suffolk-solar-farm-rejected-in-2013/ Pickles approves Suffolk solar farm rejected in 2013], [[ITV News]], 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
20. [https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/assets/Your-Council/WDC-Council-Meetings/2014/July/Development-Control-Committee-15-Jul-2014/Item-9-Playters-New-Farm-Church-Road-Ellough.pdf Planning application], [[East Suffolk District Council]], 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2021-02-10.