English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ottermouth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Budleigh Salterton

Historical Forms

  • Oterimouth 1297 Cl
  • port of Oterymouth 1332 Misc
  • Otyrmouth havyn c.1475 WmWo

Etymology

v. Otter river supra 11.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement