In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Venn Ottery like this:
OTTERY (Ven), a parish in Honiton district, Devon; on the W side of the river Otter, under West Ottery hill, 3 miles S S W of Ottery, St. Mary r. station. Post-town, Ottery, St. Mary, under Exeter. Acres, 918. Real property, £979. Pop., 101. Houses, 19. Ven Ottery House and all the land, except about 160 acres, belong to T. Yelverton, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Harpford, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is of the 13th century; consists of nave and chancel, with embattled tower; and contains memorials of the Mundy family.
Venn Ottery through time
Venn Ottery is now part of East Devon district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Devon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Venn Ottery itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Venn Ottery in East Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1882
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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