sentences:  The village is mentioned in the "Domesday Book" as "Otterinctune" in the "Allerton hundred".The manor was split between "Egelfride" and "Haldor" at the time of the Norman invasion and subsequently passed to the Crown.Part of the manor was granted to "Robert Brus", whose family held it until 1242 when it was granted to Byland Abbey who held it until the dissolution.