SHOTTISHAM, a parish in the hundred of WILFORD,
county of SUFFOLK, 5 miles (S. E.) from Woodbridge,
containing 235 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese
of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £4.16. 0.,
endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of Mrs. Elizabeth Darby and Miss Mary Kett. The
church is dedicated to St. Margaret. The navigable
river Deben runs on the western side of the parish, where
there is an inlet, called Shottisham creek. Crag or shell
pits, supposed to be diluvial remains, abound here.