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Otterham, Cornwall

Historical Description

Otterham, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands on the rivulet Attery, 6½ miles NNE of Camelford, and 11½ WNW of Launceston station on the G.W.R. and L. & S.W.R. Post town, Camelford; money order and telegraph office, Boscastle. Acreage of parish, 3296; population, 154. The manor belonged anciently to the Earl of Mortaigne; passed to the Champernownes, the Coplestons, and others; and belongs now to the Owens. There are several barrows. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; net value, £144 with residence. The church was entirely rebuilt in 1890.

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

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCornwall 
Ecclesiastical parishOtterham St. Denis 
HundredLesnewth 
Poor Law unionCamelford 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtPL32
Post TownCamelford

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