Otterham

Coordinates: 50°41′11″N 4°35′43″W / 50.6865°N 4.5953°W / 50.6865; -4.5953

Otterham
Cornish: Prasdowrgi
Otterham  Otterham shown within Cornwall
Population	228 (Civil Parish, 2001)
OS grid reference	SX 168 907
Parish	Otterham
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CAMELFORD
Postcode district	PL32
Dialling code	01840
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	North Cornwall
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Otterham (Cornish: Prasdowrgi) is a village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately ten miles (16 km) south of Bude and six miles (10 km) north of Camelford^[1].

Otterham Mill, Otterham Down and Otterham Station (see below) are neighbouring settlements to Otterham village; all take the name from the River Ottery 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 and belongs to the Boscastle group of Anglican parishes. Otterham parish is bounded to the north by St Gennys, to the east by Warbstow, to the south by Davidstow and to the west by St Juliot. 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^[2].

The parish church of St Denis at grid reference SX 168 907 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

Map of the stations on the North Cornwall Railway

Otterham Station ( 50°40′30″N 4°36′47″W / 50.675°N 4.613°W / 50.675; -4.613 ) is a settlement one mile south-west of Otterham village at grid reference SX 154 893.

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 which closed in October 1966^[3].

Hendraburnick Down (1009 ft) is south of Otterham Station and there are a number of Bronze Age barrows (including Tich Barrow) on the Down. The source of the River Camel is also on Hendraburnick Down^[1].

For more details about the railway station, see the North Cornwall Railway article.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly ISBN 9780319231456
2. ^ [1] GENUKI website; Otterham; retrieved May 2010
3. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Line to Padstow. Middleton Press. ISBN 1873793545. 

External links

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