Sotterley

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Sotterley is a hamlet in Suffolk

Other current and historical names

Soterlega

Parish/Community: Sotterley
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'11"N 1°36'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 645171, 284456
OS Grid: TM451844
Mapcode Local: GBR YVK.B1R
Mapcode Global: VHM6R.QVQL

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Sotterley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Sotterley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Sotterley, par. and vil., Suffolk, 4½ miles SE. of Beccles, 1593 ac., pop. 268; near the vil. is Sotterley Hall, seat.

Sotterley in the Domesday Book

A village in Wangford hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mundred the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 13/2½ in 1066; £2 13/2½ in 1070; £2 13/2½ in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 16 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 14 cattle; 30 goats; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 31 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob

British Place Names

Sotterley, Suffolk

Sotterley is a hamlet in Suffolk

Sotterley in historic gazetteers

Sotterley in the Domesday Book