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.

Otherton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Orretone 1086 DB
  • Oðerton' 1167 P
  • Otherton 1167 1242 Fees c.1255 RH 1271,1286 For 1285 FA 1485 Ass 1307 Banco 1413 Cl 1674 Dep 1834 O
  • Oterton' 1262 For
  • Othirton 1397 IpmR
  • Othurton 1375 Banco 1429 Hatherton
  • Oddarton 1578 Survey

Etymology

'The other, the second farmstead', v. oðer , tūn . This is the alia villa of DB. Cf. the same name Wo 117.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site