Otley, Suffolk

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title: "Otley, Suffolk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-suffolk", "civil-parishes-in-suffolk"] description: "Village in Suffolk, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-suffolk" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otley,_Suffolk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Suffolk, England ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Otley
country	England
region	East of England
static_image_name	Otley church - geograph.org.uk - 4028.jpg
static_image_caption	Church of St Mary the Virgin
area_total_km2	9
area_footnotes
population	676
population_ref	(2011)
os_grid_reference	TM204553
coordinates
post_town	Ipswich
postcode_area	IP
postcode_district	IP6
dial_code	01473
constituency_westminster	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
civil_parish	Otley
shire_district	East Suffolk
shire_county	Suffolk
hide_services	yes
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Otley is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is around 7 mi north-east of Ipswich. The parish, which covers an area of about 9 km2, had a population of 676 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.

The village has a number of amenities, including a shop, public house, village hall, doctor’s surgery and two churches. The village primary school is small and educates around 50 pupils.

Otley Hall, a 15th-century Grade I listed house which was historically the seat of the family of Bartholomew Gosnold, is to the north of the village. To the south of the village is a motte and bailey castle site; a Roman road crossed the parish towards its southern boundary. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and dates from the 15th century. It has what is believed to be one of the oldest total immersion baptismal font in any English Anglican church. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

Otley Baptist Chapel is situated on Chapel Road and dates from 1800. The building was significantly enlarged in the 1830s, at which point it became a Strict Baptist chapel. On the morning of 30 March 1851 it had a congregation of 462, over four times that of the Anglican church, with another congregation, of 562, in the afternoon. The modern chapel seats 500.

Otley is the birthplace of Roger Osborne who scored the only goal of the game in the 1978 FA Cup Final for Ipswich Town. It was also for many years, the home of Percy Edwards, famous for his impressions of birds and other animal noises.

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1. [https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/assets/Planning/Neighbourhood-Planning/Town-and-village-profiles/Otley-Village-Profile.pdf Village profile: Otley], [[East Suffolk District Council]], 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
2. The B1079 road runs through the village, meeting the B1078 to the south of the parish at Otley Green.[https://www.healthysuffolk.org.uk/uploads/Otley-_Parish_Profile.pdf Otley], Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
3. In the south of the parish, [[Suffolk Rural College]] delivers a range of agricultural and other vocational courses. The college originally opened in 1970 as Otley College of Agriculture and Horticulture and became part of Ipswich-based [[Suffolk New College]] in 2020.Sullivan O (2020) [https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/otley-college-name-change-suffolk-rural-2634798 Otley merges with Suffolk New College as expansion plans continue], ''[[East Anglian Daily Times]]'', 3 January 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
4. [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1198837 Otley Hall], List entry, [[Historic England]]. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
5. [https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/otley.pdf Otley], Suffolk Heritage Explorer, [[Suffolk County Council]]. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
6. Knott S (2021) [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/otley.html St Mary, Otley], Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
7. [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1030302 Church of St Mary the Virgin], List entry, [[Historic England]]. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
8. [http://www.sbhs.org.uk/articles/scollins/ Samuel Collins (1799–1881)], Strict Baptist Historical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
9. [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393237 Baptist chapel], List entry, [[Historic England]]. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
10. [https://otleybaptist.weebly.com/ Otley Baptist Church, Suffolk]. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
11. Knott S (2008) [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/otleychapel.htm Baptist Chapel, Otley], Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
12. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170523060209/https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-620000-255000/page/13 Mr.Percy Edwards, Otley], Domesday Reloaded, BBC. Archived version, 23 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
13. Gifford D (2011) [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-percy-edwards-1336419.html Obituary: Percy Edwards], ''[[The Independent]]'', 23 October 2011. Retrieved June 2016.

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