Upottery
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 52 ′ N , 3 ° 8 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 701 | ||
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| prefix | 01404 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Shire county | Devon | ||
Upottery (About the Otter) is a for English county of Devon northeast belonging and about 44 km of the city of Exeter situated village and parish Civil . In 2011 the Parish had 701 residents.
The name of the city is derived from the River Otter , on which the first people settled in Celtic and later Roman times. Upottery was first mentioned in 1191.
During World War II , the Royal Air Force operated an airfield at Upottery (known as RAF Upottery or Smeatharpe ) for the United States Army Air Forces , from which parts of the 101st Airborne Division departed for a landing in Normandy . This mission is discussed in the first episode of Band of Brothers .
Web links
- Official website (English)
supporting documents
- ^ A b Area: Upottery (Parish) —Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics ( English ) Office for National Statistics . Retrieved September 11, 2016.