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Sotterley

November 23, 2023

This article is about the village in England. For the National Historic Landmark and plantation house in Hollywood, Maryland, United States, see Sotterley (Hollywood, Maryland).

Sotterley, originally Southern-lea from its situation south of the river,[2] is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk, located approximately 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Beccles and 1.5 miles (2 km) east of Willingham St Mary and Shadingfield. The parish is primarily agricultural with a dispersed population of 113 at the 2011 census.[1][3][4] The parish council operates to administer jointly the parishes of Shadingfield, Willingham St Mary, Sotterley and Ellough.[5]

Sotterley
Sotterley cemetery chapel
Sotterley
Location within Suffolk
Area6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) [1]
Population113 (2011)[1]
• Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM454845
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBeccles
Postcode districtNR34
Dialling code01502
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°24′04″N 1°36′36″E / 52.401°N 1.610°E / 52.401; 1.610

Sotterley Hall remains at the centre of the parish which now has very few basic services.[6] A saw mill operates in the village,[7] often making use of wood from the 160 hectares (400 acres) of mixed woodland managed by the Sotterley estate.[8]

History edit

At the Domesday Survey in 1086 Sotterley was known as Soterlega and was part of the estate of Earl Hugh of Chester in Wangford Hundred.[2][9] The village had a population of about 21 households and was held by Mundred the Sheriff who also held the lost village of Croscroft in Wangford Hundred.[10][11]

Sotterley was held by Roger de Soterley in 1242[12] and continued in the family until about 1470 when it was confiscated due to the family's involvement in a rebellion led by the Earl of Warwick during the Wars of the Roses.[2][12] Edward IV then gave the manor to Thomas Playters.[2][12] A stained glass window in Sotterley Church commemorated the death of Thomas Playters in 1479.[2][13]

A descendant, also called Thomas, was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1606 at which time the estate was valued at £2000 per annum and was the last Baron created by King James I in August 1623.[2] In 1642 Playters' son, Sir William Playters was Member of Parliament for Oxford and Vice Admiral of Suffolk.[2] During the Civil War Sir Lionel Playters was rector of Uggeshall and Sotterley. John Walker in chronicling the sufferings of the clergy records that when 'rebels brake open the stable doors and stole two horses' from the parsonage he challenged them, whereupon one said 'Pistoll the Parson' and two pistols were discharged at him.[2]

In 1744 Sotterley manor was sold to Miles Barne, the son of a London merchant, who rebuilt Sotterley Hall following a fire.[2][12] The parish was enclosed in 1796 leaving his son Miles Barne, with 1,085 acres (4.39 km2; 1.695 sq mi), as the largest landholder.[2] The Barne family still owns the house.[14] Notable members of the Barne family to have lived at Sotterley include Frederick Barne, M.P. for the rotten borough of Dunwich at the time of the 1832 Reform Act,[15] his son Frederick St John Newdigate Barne, M.P. for East Suffolk from 1876 to 1885 and his son Michael Barne, Royal Navy officer and the last surviving member of the 1901–04 Discovery Expedition to Antarctica.

Geography edit

Sotterley lies on an area of clay plateau in a wider area averaging between 20 and 25 metres above sea level. The underlying rock is crag-sand with overlying glacial till deposits and clay soils.[3] The landscape is mainly arable with Sotterley Park and its associated woodland providing the main variation. The village is dispersed around a crossroads with a road pattern of unlit lanes which is largely unchanged from that seen on Hodgkinson's map of 1783.[3]

The census of 1801 records Sotterley had a population of 254 inhabitants.[16] The population remained reasonably steady throughout the 19th century and stood at 221 in 1901, at which time the village school had an average attendance of 80 children.[16][17] From the 1920s onwards, the population began to decline more quickly and stood at 142 by the census of 1961.[16] The 2011 census recorded the population of the parish as 113, a reduction of seven since the census of 2001.[4]

The village has very limited basic services today. The public house, the Falcon, closed during the 20th century.[17][18] Regional Cycle Route 31, from Reedham to Southwold, passes through the village.[19] Sotterley school, which was built in 1873 to replace a parochial school built in 1840 and supported by charitable contributions, closed in 1971.[20][21][22][23] Children now attend primary school in Brampton and high school in Beccles.

Sotterley Hall and estate edit

 
Sotterley Hall

Sotterley Estate is centred on a Georgian mansion house built in 1744, Sotterley Hall, overlooking a lake.[2] The hall is a Grade I listed building and is H shaped with two wings and a central facade with nine windows.[21][24] A number of associated buildings close to the hall, including stables, a water tower and cowsheds, are grade II listed buildings.[25]

The estate surrounding the house, Sotterley Park, was laid out in the 18th century and includes some ancient semi-natural woodland including pollarded oak trees and trees of significant size and age.[26][27] It is believed to have previously been a medieval deer park.[26] The majority of the estate is a Site of Special Scientific Interest of 121 hectares (300 acres). The park is particularly important in that the trees "support the richest epiphytic Lichen flora in East Anglia"[26] with 92 species of lichen and 14 of bryophytes.[26]

The estate is managed with a mixture of agricultural, woodland and field sports use. A 12-mile (19 km) horse trail is available on land around the estate and village.[28] The estate has been used as a film and TV location.[29]

Churches edit

 
Church of St Margaret

The parish church, a Grade I listed building with many medieval elements,[30] is located on the Sotterley estate and is dedicated to St Margaret. Access by vehicle is limited to the times of services.[13][31] The church has more figure brasses than any other in Suffolk as well as medieval glasswork[13][32] and a carved oak rood screen.[21][13] Kelly's directory of 1900 notes that the church register held at the time dated from 1547.[17] The roll of honour in the church records that 15 men from Sotterley died during World War I, including two Barnes.[13]

The parish was consolidated in 1873 with the neighbouring parish of Willingham St Mary which had lacked a church for many years.[17]

An unusual octagonal cemetery chapel and cemetery were established outside the estate in about 1883.[33][34] The brick built chapel is a Grade II listed building which may have been designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Each face of the building has a gothic window.[34] The chapel was threatened with demolition but is now owned by the parish council[33] and restoration was begun in 2007 by the Sotterley Chapel Preservation Trust.[31][33]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Village profile: Sotterley, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Suckling, A.I., (1846). 'Sotterley', in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, 2 vols (W.S. Cowell, Ipswich 1846), I, pp. 81–96 (British History Online). Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  3. ^ a b c 'Sotterley and Benacre plateau', Waveney District landscape character assessment pp.191–195, Waveney District Council, April 2008. Retrieved 2011-04-18. (, 2011-07-19.)
  4. ^ a b A profile of Waveney[permanent dead link], Waveney District Council, February 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  5. ^ Shadingfield, Sotterley, Willingham and Ellough Parish Council Website, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  6. ^ Shadingfield, Sotterley, Willingham & Ellough, Healthy Suffolk, Suffolk County Council, 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  7. ^ The Sawmill, Sotterley Estate. Retrieved 2009-04-19. (, 2012-03-22.)
  8. ^ Woodlands, Sotterley Estate. Retrieved 2009-04-19. (, 2012-03-22.)
  9. ^ Sotterley, The Domesday Book online. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  10. ^ Sotterley, Open Domesday. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  11. ^ Croscroft, Open Domesday. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  12. ^ a b c d Page, A. (1844). 'Satterley Parish', Topographical and genealogical, The County of Suffolk. (Available online. Retrieved 2011-04-06.)
  13. ^ a b c d e St Margaret, Sotterley, The Suffolk Churches site. Retrieved 2009-04-19
  14. ^ Lake work benefits Beccles newts, BBC news website, 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  15. ^ Watson J (1815) The treble almanack for the year 1815 Dublin: Authority. (Available online. Retrieved 2011-04-06.)
  16. ^ a b c Sotterley CP/AP: Historical statistics – Population, Vision of Britain. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  17. ^ a b c d 'Sotterley', Kelly's directory of Suffolk, 1900, p. 306. London: Kelly's Directories Limited.
  18. ^ Sotterley: Falcon, Suffolk Pubs, Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  19. ^ Beccles and Southwold linked by new cycle route, Eastern Daily Press, 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  20. ^ White W (1855) 'Sotterley', History, Gazetteer & Directory of Suffolk, 1855, pp.673–674. Sheffield: Robert Leader.
  21. ^ a b c 'Sotterley', Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, 1892, p.1208. London: Kelly and Co.
  22. ^ 'Sotterley', The post office directory of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk, 1869, p.898. London: Kelly and Co.
  23. ^ Unseen archive, Archant Newspapers
  24. ^ Sotterley Hall, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  25. ^ Listed Buildings in Sotterley, Suffolk, England, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  26. ^ a b c d Sotterley Park: SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  27. ^ South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands, Natural England. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  28. ^ Equestrian, Sotterley Estate. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  29. ^ Film/TV Location, Sotterley Estate. Retrieved 2011-04-18. (, 2012-03-22.)
  30. ^ Church of St Margaret, Sotterley, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  31. ^ a b Sotterley, Hundred River Benefice. Retrieved 2011-04-18. (, 2012-03-22.)
  32. ^ St Margaret's Church, Sotterley Estate. Retrieved 2011-04-18. (, 2012-03-22)
  33. ^ a b c Sotterley Chapel, Parish Council Website, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  34. ^ a b Sotterley Cemetery Memorial Chapel, Sotterley, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-04-06.

Further reading edit

  • Victoria County History of Suffolk, Vol. I (ed. W. Page). London: Constable, 1907 (Reissued by the Institute of Historical Research, 1975)
  • A. G. Mathews (1948) Walker Revised, being a revision of John Walker's "Sufferings of the Clergy"

External links edit

 
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This article is about the village in England For the National Historic Landmark and plantation house in Hollywood Maryland United States see Sotterley Hollywood Maryland Sotterley originally Southern lea from its situation south of the river 2 is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district in the English county of Suffolk located approximately 4 miles 6 km south east of Beccles and 1 5 miles 2 km east of Willingham St Mary and Shadingfield The parish is primarily agricultural with a dispersed population of 113 at the 2011 census 1 3 4 The parish council operates to administer jointly the parishes of Shadingfield Willingham St Mary Sotterley and Ellough 5 SotterleySotterley cemetery chapelSotterleyLocation within SuffolkArea6 km2 2 3 sq mi 1 Population113 2011 1 Density19 km2 49 sq mi OS grid referenceTM454845DistrictEast SuffolkShire countySuffolkRegionEastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBecclesPostcode districtNR34Dialling code01502UK ParliamentWaveneyList of places UK England Suffolk 52 24 04 N 1 36 36 E 52 401 N 1 610 E 52 401 1 610Sotterley Hall remains at the centre of the parish which now has very few basic services 6 A saw mill operates in the village 7 often making use of wood from the 160 hectares 400 acres of mixed woodland managed by the Sotterley estate 8 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Sotterley Hall and estate 4 Churches 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory editAt the Domesday Survey in 1086 Sotterley was known as Soterlega and was part of the estate of Earl Hugh of Chester in Wangford Hundred 2 9 The village had a population of about 21 households and was held by Mundred the Sheriff who also held the lost village of Croscroft in Wangford Hundred 10 11 Sotterley was held by Roger de Soterley in 1242 12 and continued in the family until about 1470 when it was confiscated due to the family s involvement in a rebellion led by the Earl of Warwick during the Wars of the Roses 2 12 Edward IV then gave the manor to Thomas Playters 2 12 A stained glass window in Sotterley Church commemorated the death of Thomas Playters in 1479 2 13 A descendant also called Thomas was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1606 at which time the estate was valued at 2000 per annum and was the last Baron created by King James I in August 1623 2 In 1642 Playters son Sir William Playters was Member of Parliament for Oxford and Vice Admiral of Suffolk 2 During the Civil War Sir Lionel Playters was rector of Uggeshall and Sotterley John Walker in chronicling the sufferings of the clergy records that when rebels brake open the stable doors and stole two horses from the parsonage he challenged them whereupon one said Pistoll the Parson and two pistols were discharged at him 2 In 1744 Sotterley manor was sold to Miles Barne the son of a London merchant who rebuilt Sotterley Hall following a fire 2 12 The parish was enclosed in 1796 leaving his son Miles Barne with 1 085 acres 4 39 km2 1 695 sq mi as the largest landholder 2 The Barne family still owns the house 14 Notable members of the Barne family to have lived at Sotterley include Frederick Barne M P for the rotten borough of Dunwich at the time of the 1832 Reform Act 15 his son Frederick St John Newdigate Barne M P for East Suffolk from 1876 to 1885 and his son Michael Barne Royal Navy officer and the last surviving member of the 1901 04 Discovery Expedition to Antarctica Geography editSotterley lies on an area of clay plateau in a wider area averaging between 20 and 25 metres above sea level The underlying rock is crag sand with overlying glacial till deposits and clay soils 3 The landscape is mainly arable with Sotterley Park and its associated woodland providing the main variation The village is dispersed around a crossroads with a road pattern of unlit lanes which is largely unchanged from that seen on Hodgkinson s map of 1783 3 The census of 1801 records Sotterley had a population of 254 inhabitants 16 The population remained reasonably steady throughout the 19th century and stood at 221 in 1901 at which time the village school had an average attendance of 80 children 16 17 From the 1920s onwards the population began to decline more quickly and stood at 142 by the census of 1961 16 The 2011 census recorded the population of the parish as 113 a reduction of seven since the census of 2001 4 The village has very limited basic services today The public house the Falcon closed during the 20th century 17 18 Regional Cycle Route 31 from Reedham to Southwold passes through the village 19 Sotterley school which was built in 1873 to replace a parochial school built in 1840 and supported by charitable contributions closed in 1971 20 21 22 23 Children now attend primary school in Brampton and high school in Beccles Sotterley Hall and estate edit nbsp Sotterley HallSotterley Estate is centred on a Georgian mansion house built in 1744 Sotterley Hall overlooking a lake 2 The hall is a Grade I listed building and is H shaped with two wings and a central facade with nine windows 21 24 A number of associated buildings close to the hall including stables a water tower and cowsheds are grade II listed buildings 25 The estate surrounding the house Sotterley Park was laid out in the 18th century and includes some ancient semi natural woodland including pollarded oak trees and trees of significant size and age 26 27 It is believed to have previously been a medieval deer park 26 The majority of the estate is a Site of Special Scientific Interest of 121 hectares 300 acres The park is particularly important in that the trees support the richest epiphytic Lichen flora in East Anglia 26 with 92 species of lichen and 14 of bryophytes 26 The estate is managed with a mixture of agricultural woodland and field sports use A 12 mile 19 km horse trail is available on land around the estate and village 28 The estate has been used as a film and TV location 29 Churches edit nbsp Church of St MargaretThe parish church a Grade I listed building with many medieval elements 30 is located on the Sotterley estate and is dedicated to St Margaret Access by vehicle is limited to the times of services 13 31 The church has more figure brasses than any other in Suffolk as well as medieval glasswork 13 32 and a carved oak rood screen 21 13 Kelly s directory of 1900 notes that the church register held at the time dated from 1547 17 The roll of honour in the church records that 15 men from Sotterley died during World War I including two Barnes 13 The parish was consolidated in 1873 with the neighbouring parish of Willingham St Mary which had lacked a church for many years 17 An unusual octagonal cemetery chapel and cemetery were established outside the estate in about 1883 33 34 The brick built chapel is a Grade II listed building which may have been designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield Each face of the building has a gothic window 34 The chapel was threatened with demolition but is now owned by the parish council 33 and restoration was begun in 2007 by the Sotterley Chapel Preservation Trust 31 33 References edit a b c Village profile Sotterley East Suffolk District Council 2019 Retrieved 2021 02 10 a b c d e f g h i j k Suckling A I 1846 Sotterley in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk 2 vols W S Cowell Ipswich 1846 I pp 81 96 British History Online Retrieved 2011 04 06 a b c Sotterley and Benacre plateau Waveney District landscape character assessment pp 191 195 Waveney District Council April 2008 Retrieved 2011 04 18 Archived 2011 07 19 a b A profile of Waveney permanent dead link Waveney District Council February 2011 Retrieved 2011 04 18 Shadingfield Sotterley Willingham and Ellough Parish Council Website 2021 Retrieved 2021 02 10 Shadingfield Sotterley Willingham amp Ellough Healthy Suffolk Suffolk County Council 2016 Retrieved 2020 02 10 The Sawmill Sotterley Estate Retrieved 2009 04 19 Archived 2012 03 22 Woodlands Sotterley Estate Retrieved 2009 04 19 Archived 2012 03 22 Sotterley The Domesday Book online Retrieved 2011 04 18 Sotterley Open Domesday Retrieved 2021 02 19 Croscroft Open Domesday Retrieved 2021 02 10 a b c d Page A 1844 Satterley Parish Topographical and genealogical The County of Suffolk Available online Retrieved 2011 04 06 a b c d e St Margaret Sotterley The Suffolk Churches site Retrieved 2009 04 19 Lake work benefits Beccles newts BBC news website 2009 09 15 Retrieved 2011 04 06 Watson J 1815 The treble almanack for the year 1815 Dublin Authority Available online Retrieved 2011 04 06 a b c Sotterley CP AP Historical statistics Population Vision of Britain Retrieved 2011 04 18 a b c d Sotterley Kelly s directory of Suffolk 1900 p 306 London Kelly s Directories Limited Sotterley Falcon Suffolk Pubs Campaign for Real Ale Retrieved 2011 04 18 Beccles and Southwold linked by new cycle route Eastern Daily Press 2011 05 22 Retrieved 2011 05 22 White W 1855 Sotterley History Gazetteer amp Directory of Suffolk 1855 pp 673 674 Sheffield Robert Leader a b c Sotterley Kelly s Directory of Cambridgeshire Norfolk and Suffolk 1892 p 1208 London Kelly and Co Sotterley The post office directory of Cambridge Norfolk and Suffolk 1869 p 898 London Kelly and Co Unseen archive Archant Newspapers Sotterley Hall British Listed Buildings Retrieved 2011 04 06 Listed Buildings in Sotterley Suffolk England British Listed Buildings Retrieved 2011 04 18 a b c d Sotterley Park SSSI citation Natural England Retrieved 2011 04 17 South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands Natural England Retrieved 2011 04 17 Equestrian Sotterley Estate Retrieved 2011 04 18 Film TV Location Sotterley Estate Retrieved 2011 04 18 Archived 2012 03 22 Church of St Margaret Sotterley British Listed Buildings Retrieved 2011 04 06 a b Sotterley Hundred River Benefice Retrieved 2011 04 18 Archived 2012 03 22 St Margaret s Church Sotterley Estate Retrieved 2011 04 18 Archived 2012 03 22 a b c Sotterley Chapel Parish Council Website 2009 Retrieved 2009 04 19 a b Sotterley Cemetery Memorial Chapel Sotterley British Listed Buildings Retrieved 2011 04 06 Further reading editVictoria County History of Suffolk Vol I ed W Page London Constable 1907 Reissued by the Institute of Historical Research 1975 A G Mathews 1948 Walker Revised being a revision of John Walker s Sufferings of the Clergy External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sotterley Sotterley Estate Sotterley Parish Church Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sotterley amp oldid 1145144388 Sotterley Hall and Estate, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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