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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.

Mohun's Ottery

Early-attested site in the Parish of Luppitt

Historical Forms

  • Otri 1086 DB
  • Otery 1242 Fees793
  • Otery Flandrensis 1247 Misc
  • Ottery Flemeng' 1279 QW
  • Otermoun 1285 FA
  • Oteri Mohoun 1297 Ipm
  • Mounesotery 1453 Pat
  • Moonsotery 1630 Recov

Etymology

v. Otter river supra 11. The manor was held by the Mohun family from 1242 (Fees), a part belonging to the family of William le Flemmeng in 1244 (Ass ), called William Flandr ', in 1219 (FF).