Otterham

The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 158 entries.

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the Cornwall Record Office.

The Cornwall Family History Society offers a census search service for its members.

Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841. The 1841 Census of Otterham (HO107/140), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Otterham (HO107/1898), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Otterham is listed in Volume 4. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the Cornwall Centre, (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is also available in the Cornwall FHS Library from which it can be purchased.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Otterham (RG9/1515), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871.
  • The 1871 Census of Otterham (RG10/2218), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Otterham (RG11/2272), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Otterham (RG12/1799), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX1690 and was dedicated to Saint Denis. It consists of a chancel, nave, and south aisle; the north transept has been removed and the arch built up. The arcade has four four-centred arches of granite. The entrances are a south porch and a west, or tower, door. The tower is of three stages, and is finished with battlements and pinnacles; it was rebuilt in 1792, is 40 feet high, and contained three bells.
• Non-Conformist. The Non-Conformist arrangements for Otterham are not known.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Otterham are: C049381, E049381, M049381/2. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1681 - 1811.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1667 - 1979, Burials 1687 - 1978, Marriages 1687 - 1978, Boyd's Marriage Index 1614 - 1811, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812, BTs 1612 - 1673.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms and marriages 1700 to 1845 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1686 to 1811 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1615 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms and marriages 1700 to 1845 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest
• Burials.
  • Burials 1687 to 1910 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.

Although originally in the Camelford Registration District, the parish of Otterham is now in the Bodmin Registration District; there were sub-districts at Boscastle and Camelford. Parishes within the Camelford district were: Advent, Davidstow, Forrabury, Lanteglos, Lesnewth, Michaelstow, Minster, Otterham, St. Breward, St. Clether, St. Juliot, St. Teath, Tintagel, Trevalga.

The Superintendant Registrar of Bodmin can be contacted at: Lyndhurst, 66 Nicholas Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AG. Tel: 01208 73677.

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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Otterham to another place.

OPC Assistance. The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for this parish is available on-line, from where the OPC can be contacted by email.

The Domesday Settlements of Cornwall, a study undertaken by the Cornwall Branch of the Historical Association, has identified and located settlements listed in the Exeter and Exchequer Domesday Survey of AD 1086. The following places have been identified in Otterham ecclesiastical parish:

• Otterham (Ottram, Otrham), Grid Reference 168907.

• Map of the Camelford Registration District in which the parish originally lay.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX166916 (Lat/Lon: 50.694723, -4.598143), Otterham which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Apprenticeship Indentures for Otterham (1823- 1833) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

• Otterham parish was part of the Camelford Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1809 to 1837) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

The parish comprised 3295 acres of land.