Otham

Other current and historical names

Oteham

Parish/Community: Otham
District/Borough: Maidstone
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°15'12"N 0°34'31"E
Eastings/Northings: 579814, 153644
OS Grid: TQ798536
Mapcode Local: GBR PRH.89L
Mapcode Global: VHJMF.XRJC

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Otham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Otham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Otham.-- par. and vil., Kent, 2½ miles SE. of Maidstone, 955 ac., pop. 375.

Otham in the Domesday Book

A village in Eyhorne hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Rots (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 8 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Otham, Kent

Otham is a hamlet in Kent

Otham in historic gazetteers

Otham in the Domesday Book