[2] Otterden is mentioned in the Domesday Book under Kent in the lands belonging to Adam FitzHubert.

The book which was written in 1086 said: The same Adam[3] holds Otterden of the bishop.

To this manor belong two messuages in Canterbury giving 12 pence.

[5]Otterden has an important place in the history of science: Stephen Gray and Granville Wheler carried out their seminal experiments showing that electricity can be conducted over long distances at Wheler's estate there in 1729.

[7] Media related to Otterden at Wikimedia Commons