UP-OTTERY, a parish in the hundred of AXMINSTER,
county of DEVON, 5 miles (N.E. by N.) from Honiton,
containing 886 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, rated
in the king's books at £15. 5.7., and in the patronage
of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, has lately received an addition of
one hundred and fifty sittings, of which one hundred
are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement
of churches and chapels having granted £ 100 towards
defraying the expense. There are places of worship for
Baptists and Calvinistic Methodists. Fairs for cattle
are held here on March 17th and October 24th. There
was a chapel at Roridge, in this parish, at an early
period.