Shadingfield
Shadingfield is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Beccles along the A145.
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![]() Shadingfield, Church of St John the Baptist | |
![]() Shadingfield Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 178 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TM435838 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Beccles |
| Postcode district | NR34 |
| Dialling code | 01502 |
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The village is joined with Willingham St Mary and 1 1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Sotterley. The mid-2005 population estimate for Shadingfield parish was 170,[1] increasing to 178 at the time of the 2011 Census.[2] The parish council operates to administer jointly the parishes of Shadingfield, Willingham, Sotterley and Ellough.[3]
The village has few amenities beyond a pub, the Shadingfield Fox. Children attend a primary school in Brampton and the Sir John Leman High School in Beccles.
The local church, alongside the A145, is dedicated to St John the Baptist.[4]
Shadingfield Hall is a Grade II listed Georgian house, now part of the Sotterley estate. It was built between 1806 and 1808 for Thomas Charles Scott, adjacent to a 17th-century manor house that he replaced. Scott's son, the Reverend T C Scott was Rector of Shadingfield until 1897.[5]
Prime Minister Gordon Brown took his family holiday at Shadingfield Hall according to reports in the summer of 2008.[6]
References
- Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 19 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Suffolk County Council, 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2009-04-19
- Parish population 2011. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- Shadingfield, Sotterley, Willingham and Ellough Parish Council Website Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- The Suffolk Churches site. Retrieved 2009-04-19
- "Shadingfield Hall". Historic England.
- Sky News News report Retrieved 28 July 2008

