SOTHERTON, a parish in the hundred of BLYTHING, county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Halesworth, containing 178 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, annexed to that of Uggeshall, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5V 6. 8. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.