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.

Upottery

Major Settlement in the Parish of Upottery

Historical Forms

  • Upoteri 1005 KCD714 1291 Tax
  • Uppeoteri 1301 Exon
  • Otri 1086 DB
  • Uppoteri 1200 Cur
  • Uppotori 1201 Abbr
  • Upottri 1270 Exon
  • Upotery juxta Honyton 1298 Ass
  • Upotray 1403–16 Exon
  • Oppoteri 1200 Seld3
  • Opotery 1330–5 BM
  • Upautre 1577 Saxton
  • Upawtrey 1598 Recov

Etymology

'Settlement up the river Otter' (supra 11). The name was probably given first by people living further down the stream.