Otterham is in the hundred of Lesnewith, and is bounded to the west by
St. Juliot, to the north by St. Gennis, to the east by Jacobstow, to
the south by Davidstow and Warbstow.
This church, in the taxation of Pope Nicholas, 1291, was valued at £2
by the name of Otham. It is a rectory, valued in the King’s Book at
£6. 14_s._ The patronage in John Saltren, Esq. The incumbent Mr.
Crewys.
There is the manor of Otterham. In Domesday Book it is called Othram,
being one of the 288 manors in this county, which were given by
William the Conqueror to his half brother the Earl of Morton. Mr.
Carew says, “3 H. 4, Will. de Campo Arnulphi held in Otterham 1 fee,”
p. 40.