Upottery

from

A Topographical Dictionary of England

by

 Samuel Lewis (1831)

Transcript copyright Mel Lockie (Sep 2016)

UP-OTTERY, a parish in the hundred of AXMINSTER,county of DEVON, 5¼ miles (N. E. by N.) from Honiton,containing 886 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, ratedin the king's books at £15. 5. 7½., and in the patronageof the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church, dedicatedto St. Mary, has lately received an addition ofone hundred and fifty sittings, of which one hundredare free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargementof churches and chapels having granted £100 towardsdefraying the expense. There are places of worship forBaptists and Calvinistic Methodists. Fairs for cattleare held here on March 17th and October 24th. Therewas a chapel at Roridge, in this parish, at an earlyperiod.