Otley, Suffolk

Description
Otley, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands 5 1/2 miles NNE of Westerfield station on the East Suffolk section of the G.E.R, and 6 NW by N of Woodbridge, and has a post office under Ipswich; money order office, Grundisburgh; telegraph office, Coddenham. The parish comprises 2168 acres; population, 525. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The manor belongs to the Gurdon-Rebow family. An old entrenchment is in the S. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £416 with residence. Patron, the Marquis of Abergavenny. The church is a fine Gothic building consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, N and S porches, and a square western embattled tower; it has an ancient carved stone font and a monument to a member of the Gosnold family. There is a Baptist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5