Otterham

Other current and historical names

Otrham
Ottram
Othram

Parish/Community: Otterham
Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°41'13"N 4°35'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 216652, 90718
OS Grid: SX166907
Mapcode Local: GBR N8.6107
Mapcode Global: FRA 1788.6WR

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

Otterham in historic gazetteers

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

Otterham, coast par. and vil., Cornwall, 12 m. NW. of Launceston, 3262 ac., pop. 163; Otterham Rock (133 ft. high) forms the S. point of Tintagel Bay.

Otterham in the Domesday Book

A village in Stratton hundred, in the county of Cornwall.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Turolf (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Pasture: 1 league
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle

British Place Names

Otterham, Cornwall

Otterham is a hamlet in Cornwall

Otterham in historic gazetteers

Otterham in the Domesday Book