In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sotherton like this:
SOTHERTON, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; 4 miles ENE of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Wangford. Acres, 1,085. Real property, £1,675. Pop., 187. Houses, 39. The property belongs to the Earl of Stradbroke. The living is a rectory, annexed to Uggeshall. The church was rebuilt in 1854.
Sotherton through time
Sotherton is now part of Waveney district. Click here for graphs and data of how Waveney has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sotherton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sotherton, in Waveney and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7696
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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