Otterton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Otterton
Historical Forms
- Otritona 1086 DB
- Otritone 1156 France
- Otritonia 1254 BM
- Otritoune 1329 Ipm
- Otrinton(am) 1157 France
- Otrintun 1210–16 HMCiv,64
- Hotrintone 1272 Exon
- Otteritune c.1200 Torre 15th
- Oterinton 1235 Fees56
- Oteringthon' 1242 Fees764
- Ottrintone 1261 Exon
- Otringtone 1291 Tax
- Oterytone 1261 Exon
- Otreytone 1284 Exon
- Ottryton Monachorum 1321 Ass
- Monachorum Otriton 1325 Ass
- Auterton 1577 Saxton
Etymology
'Farm by the river Otter' (supra 11), v. tun . For the -in (g )- forms, cf. Tavistock supra 217. Monachorum refers to the monks of Otterton priory.