Otterhampton
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| Otterhampton | |
  Otterhampton shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Sedgemoor |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIDGWATER |
| Dialling code | 01278 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Bridgwater |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Otterhampton is a village in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.
The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea.
It was recorded in the Domesday book as Utramestone meaning 'The outer most enclosure' from the Old English ultramest and tun.[1] An alternative derivation is from the Saxon meaning "place of Ottrane" the original Saxon Thane.[2]
The Church of St Peter was built in 1870 by J Knowles for Susanna Lewes Jeffery, and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[3]
The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, sea level rise and wave action had made some of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Dovecote Press. ISBN 1874336032.
- ^ Waite, Vincent (1964). Portrait of the Quantocks. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0709111584.
- ^ Church of St Peter. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study (PDF). Environment Agency. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
