Upottery Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Upottery church (geograph 2571041).jpg
Static Image Caption:Upottery church
Coordinates:50.863°N -3.135°W
Official Name:Upottery
Population:701
Population Ref:(2011 census)[1]
Area Total Km2:23.89
Shire District:East Devon
Shire County:Devon
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:Honiton and Sidmouth
Post Town:Honiton
Postcode District:EX14
Postcode Area:EX
Dial Code:01404

Upottery (originally Up Ottery) is a rural village, civil parish and former manor in East Devon, England.

Location

Upottery takes up both sides of the upper vale of the Otter which flows to the English Channel south of Ottery St Mary and is a clustered village.

Its northern limit forms the border with Somerset. Clockwise from which are the Devon parishes of Yarcombe, Stockland, Cotleigh, Monkton, Luppitt and Clayhidon.[2]

History

Parts of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin date from the 12th century.[3] 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 is in the outer parts of the parish.

Housing and demography

Housing type
bgcolor=#99CCFF Type bgcolor=#99CCFF Number bgcolor=#99CCFF Percentage
Whole house or bungalow: Detached 227 73.9%
Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached 51 16.6%
Whole house or bungalow: Terraced (including end-terrace) 18 5.9%
Flat, maisonette or apartment9 3.1%

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.[1] 7.8% of the 307 homes had (in 2011) no usual residents.[1]

The United Kingdom Census 2011 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics.
  2. Web site: Map of Devon Parishes. Devon County Council. 7 July 2016.
  3. Web site: St Mary the Virgin Church, Upottery. Dunkeswell Mission Community. 1 December 2014.