Upottery (originally Up Ottery) is a rural village,
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
and former
manor in
East Devon
East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Honiton, although Exmouth is the largest town. The district also contains the towns of Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Ottery St M ...
, England.
Location
Upottery takes up both sides of the upper vale of the
Otter
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among ...
which flows to the
English Channel
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south of
Ottery St Mary and is a
clustered village.
Its northern limit forms the border with
Somerset
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. Clockwise from which are the Devon parishes of
Yarcombe
Yarcombe is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England, situated on the A30 road near the towns of Honiton and Chard. It is sited in the steep rolling meadows and ancient woods of the Yarty Valley ...
,
Stockland,
Cotleigh,
Monkton Monkton may refer to:
Places
;United Kingdom
*Monkton, Devon, England
*Monkton, Kent, England
*Monkton, Pembroke, Wales
*Monkton, South Ayrshire, Scotland
*Monkton, Tyne and Wear, England
*Monkton, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
;Canada
*Monkton, Ontari ...
,
Luppitt and
Clayhidon.
History
Parts of the
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...
of St Mary the Virgin date from the 12th century.
The
Viscounts Portman, as in Portman Square and surrounding areas of London, which remain the family hands, held the manor house and main lands here for about two centuries but in 1934 inherited a property in Wiltshire which they substituted for this home, casting off local landholding also to other ownership, on sale.
The former World War II airfield of
RAF Upottery
RAF Upottery (also known as Smeatharpe) is a former Royal Air Force List of former Royal Air Force stations, station in East Devon, England. The airfield is located near the village of Upottery, approximately north-northeast of the town of Ho ...
is in the outer parts of the parish.
Housing and demography
Most, 81.6%, of housing is owned (with/without mortgage); the next largest category is 12.0% which is privately rented, next is socially rented which is 3.9% of the stock as residents identified in 2011.
[ 7.8% of the 307 homes had (in 2011) no usual residents.][
The ]United Kingdom Census 2011
A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Inter ...
recorded the population of the parish as 701.
In media, literature and the arts
Fields and some houses featured in the 2001 television mini-series '' Band of Brothers''.
References
External links
upottery.com
website supported by Upottery Parish Council
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Villages in Devon