South Otterington, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Otterington, South, a village and a parish in N.R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Wiske, a quarter of a mile W of Otterington railway station, and 4½ S by E of Northallerton, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Northallerton. The parish comprises 1450 acres; population, 335. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; gross value, £266 with residence. The church is good and has a tower.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of South Otterington are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: