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.

Ottery

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lamerton

Historical Forms

  • Odetreu 1086 DB
  • Odatrew 1193 Oliver
  • Odetrewe 1504 Ipm
  • Oddetrewe 1242 Fees757 1303,1316 FA
  • Ottrewe, Odytre 1413 Ass
  • Ottrewe al. Ottrey 1540 Oliver

Etymology

'Od (d )a 's tree,' v. treow . This may have been a boundary mark, since the place is situated on the border of Lamerton and Tavistock parishes.