Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OTTERY (Ven)

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))

Linked entities:
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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