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OTTERY (Ven), a parish in Honiton district, Devon; on the W side of the river Otter, under West Ottery hill, 3 miles S S W of Ottery, St. Mary r. station. Post-town, Ottery, St. Mary, under Exeter. Acres, 918. Real property, £979. Pop., 101. Houses, 19. Ven Ottery House and all the land, except about 160 acres, belong to T. Yelverton, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Harpford, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is of the 13th century; consists of nave and chancel, with embattled tower; and contains memorials of the Mundy family.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Honiton RegD/PLU Devon AncC |
Place names: | OTTERY | OTTERY VEN | VEN OTTERY |
Place: | Venn Ottery |
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