SHOTLEY, a parish in the hundred of SAMFORD,
county of SUFFOLK, 8 miles (S. E. by S.) from Ipswich,
containing 339 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese' of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 20, and in the
patronage of the Marquis of Bristol. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, is remarkable for its elegance,
which it owes to a former incumbent, the Hon. Hervey
Aston, D.D., who completely pewed, paved, and beautified
it in 1744. The parish is situated at the confluence
of the navigable rivers Orwell and Stour,
opposite to the town of Harwich, with which there is
a communication by a regular ferry.