Sponsored Tiles – Scribe a Tile
In September 2017 the project had reached the stage where new tiles were shortly to be laid and the tiles had actually arrived. We had invited the village…
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Sponsored Tiles – Scribe a Tile
Rock of Ages: The Design of the Church. A Technical Description
The Church Building in General. The late 11th Century tower of the parish church, though much altered, is a relic of a priory of that date, which belonged to the…
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Rock of Ages: The Design of the Church. A Technical Description
Farm Life
As well as a thriving sea fishing trade, Otterton had 13 working farms in the 1840s, and a further 31 spread over the 3,479 farmed acres (according to the 1844…
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Farm Life
The River Otter
The calm, serene walk along the Otter Estuary towards Budleigh Salterton makes it hard to believe that this river was once a busy channel for fishermen and vessels. In fact,…
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The River Otter
The Pleasures of the Bottle: Calling Time through Time
It is hard to believe now, but the Otterton populace used to be quite rowdy! Three buildings in the village still today have a small alcove, covered with glass, built…
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The Pleasures of the Bottle: Calling Time through Time
Otterton Church School
Before the Education Act of 1870, parents had to pay for their children to attend school, and therefore most working class children in Otterton were unschooled. Instead, they served as…
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Otterton Church School
A Business Community
Farming has always been the underlying business of the village with tenanted farms throughout the parish and even in the 1980s there were five active farms in Fore Street. …
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A Business Community
Dubious Doings – Crime in Otterton
Underneath Church Hill lie passages leading to Church Cottage, the direction of Otterton Barton, and the direction of the Church. All of these entrances are now blocked up so no…
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Dubious Doings – Crime in Otterton
Otterton Church and the Chancel Repair Liability
Historical SummaryTithes are the way churches were financed in Saxon and Mediaeval times. The history of Tithes is long and sometimes bitter. They relate to the benefits of…
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Otterton Church and the Chancel Repair Liability
Construction of the 1870 church – The Church you see now
You may notice the 11th century tower does not match the rest of the church’s design, and this is because it is the only remaining part of the old priory…
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Construction of the 1870 church – The Church you see now