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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 is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sotherton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sotherton, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7696
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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