Otterham ( kw, Prasotri) is a village and a
civil parish
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in north
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately south of
Bude
Bude (; kw, Porthbud) is a seaside town in north east Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat). It was sometimes formerly known as Bude Haven.''Cornish ...
and north of
Camelford
Camelford ( kw, Reskammel) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Bodmin and is governed by ...
.
[Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 ''Bude & Clovelly'' ]
Otterham Mill, Otterham Down and Otterham Station (''see below'') are neighbouring settlements to Otterham village; all take the name from the
River Ottery
The River Ottery ( kw, Otri) is a small river in northeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. The river is about long from its source southeast of Otterham to its confluence with the River Tamar at Nether Bridge, northeast of Launceston.
The headw ...
which rises in the parish.
The parish is in the
Hundred of Lesnewth and Deanery of Trigg Major. It is in the Registration District of
Camelford
Camelford ( kw, Reskammel) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Bodmin and is governed by ...
and belongs to the
Boscastle
Boscastle ( kw, Kastel Boterel) is a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Forrabury and Minster (where the 2011 Census population was included) . It is south of Bude and northeast of Tin ...
group of Anglican parishes. Otterham parish is bounded to the north by
St Gennys
St Gennys ( kw, S. Gwynnas) is a coastal civil parish and small settlement in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The hamlet of St Gennys is about seven miles (11.3 km) southwest of Bude.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 ''B ...
, to the east by
Warbstow
Warbstow ( kw, Lannwarburgh) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 439 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 520 at the 2011 census.
The parish is one of the few left in England ...
, to the south by
Davidstow
Davidstow ( kw, Logdewi (village) and kw, Pluwdhewi (parish)) is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is north of Bodmin Moor straddling the A395 road about north of Camelford. The hamlets of Hal ...
and to the west by
St Juliot
St Juliot is a civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is entirely rural and the settlements within it are the hamlets of Beeny and Tresparrett. - plus a part of the adjacent village of Marshgate. The parish po ...
. The parish is rural with small hamlets and farmsteads spread fairly evenly across it: the population of the parish in the 2001 census was 228.
The
parish church of St Denis at is in Otterham village and has a 40 ft tower housing three bells. The church was built in the Norman period but was altered in 1889 when the north transept was demolished.
Otterham Station
Otterham Station ( ) is a settlement one mile south-west of Otterham village at .
Otterham Station is located at the junction of the
A39 trunk road and the B3262 minor road. The settlement grew round the site of the former
station on the
North Cornwall Railway
The North Cornwall Railway was a railway line running from Halwill in Devon to Padstow in Cornwall via Launceston, Cornwall, Launceston, Camelford and Wadebridge, a distance of . Opened in the last decade of the nineteenth century, it was part ...
which closed in October 1966.
Hendraburnick Down (1009 ft) is south of Otterham Station and there are a number of
Bronze Age
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barrows (including Tich Barrow) on the Down. The source of the
River Camel
The River Camel ( kw, Dowr Kammel, meaning ''crooked river'') is a river in Cornwall, England. It rises on the edge of Bodmin Moor and with its tributaries its catchment area covers much of North Cornwall. The river flows into the eastern Cel ...
is also on Hendraburnick Down.
See also
*
North Cornwall Railway
The North Cornwall Railway was a railway line running from Halwill in Devon to Padstow in Cornwall via Launceston, Cornwall, Launceston, Camelford and Wadebridge, a distance of . Opened in the last decade of the nineteenth century, it was part ...
References
Further reading
*
Maclean, John (1872–79) ''The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor''. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Son
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Villages in Cornwall
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Bodmin Moor