Otterford
| Otterford | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Leonard, Otterford | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST225145 |
| Location: | 50°55’29"N, 3°6’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 356 (2011) |
| Post town: | Chard |
| Postcode: | TA20 |
| Dialling code: | 01823 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Somerset West and Taunton |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Taunton Deane |
Otterford is a village in Somerset, on the Blackdown Hills, seven miles south of Taunton. The village had a recorded population of 356 in 2011.
The River Otter rises close to Otterford, its infant stream running just west of the village, and forms the county border with Devon for its first two miles.
History
A series of round barrows are found on Brown Down, known as Robin Hood's Butts.[1][2][3]
The village was named Oteriford in a Taunton charter of 854 by King Æthelwulf of Wessex.[4]
Parish church
The parish church is the Church of St Leonard. It dates from the 14th century, but was restored in the Victorian period, in which work the nave wall rebuilt and the north aisle added in 1860. Further restoration took place in 1924.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Otterford) |
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1016415: Two bowl barrows, one 380m west and one 685m north west of Beech Croft
- ↑ National Heritage List 1016414: Two bowl barrows north-west of Brown Down Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1016739: Two bowl barrows 190m east of Brown Down Lodge
- ↑ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. pp. 166. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1344635: Church of St Leonard