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Otterton, Devon

Historical Description

Otterton, a village and a parish in Devonshire. Tha village stands on the descent of a fine elevation, adjacent to the river Otter, 2 miles N of the river's mouth, and 3 from Sidmonth station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Budleigh Salterton; money order and telegraph office, East Budleigh. It is a place of great antiquity; consists chiefly of one long street of thatched houses. The parish contains also Northmost Town, Passaford, Pinn, and Pitson, and extends to the sea. Acreage, 3454; population, 725. The manor and most of the land belong to the Rolle family. The manor of Otterton was given by William I. to the Benedictine abbey of Mont St Michel in Normandy. A priory for four monks was known to exist at Otterton in the time of King John, but was probably of earlier date. It passed, at the suppression of alien monasteries in 1414, to Sion Abbey. The land comprises a grand sweep of swells and valley, and terminates at the coast in lofty cliffs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £240 with residence. The church was rebuilt, except the tower, in 1871 by Lady Rolle; consists of nave, N and S aisles, chancel, with fine embattled tower, and stands on a rising ground at the SW end of the village, commanding extensive and beautiful views.

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 CountyDevon 
Ecclesiastical parishOtterton St. Michael 
HundredEast Budleigh 
Poor Law unionSt. Thomas 

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


Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the South West Heritage Trust, Parochial Church Council, and Devon Family History Society have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Otterton


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Otterton from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Otterton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:


Villages, Hamlets, &c

Northmost Town
Passaford
Pinn
Pitson

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier visitation of 1531, is online.

The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, with additions by Lieutant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, published for the author by Henry S. Eland, Exeter 1895 is online.

DistrictEast Devon
CountyDevon
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtEX9
Post TownBudleigh Salterton

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