Wootton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wootton
Historical Forms
- Udetune, Udetone, Vdetone 1086 DB
- Wodeton' 1202 Ass
- Wodetone 1306 HarlCh
- Wodton' 1386 Peace
- Witchona 1095–1100 AC
- Withtun c.1155 Dane c.1160 Dane
- Withton' 1218 Ass
- Witthun (sic) R1 Dane
- Wittuna c.1115 LS
- Witton' 1166 P 1200 Cur 1242–43 Fees
- Witton 1190 Dugdvi 1301 Pat 1550 ParlSurv 1653
- Wittonne 1562–67 LNQv
- Wytton 1190 Dugdvi 1301 Tax 1291 VEiv 1535 LPxiv 1539 Pat 1552
- Wytton' 1242–43 Fees
- Wituna c.1115 LS
- Witona 1148–52 LAASvii
- Witon Hy3 Ch 1301 ParlSurv 1653
- Wyton' 1242–43 Fees
- Uttuna c.1115 LS
- Wttuna c.1115 ib
- Wttona c.1150 TYR
- Wttun 1238–43 Fees
- Wtton' 1212 1254 ValNor 1272,1273 DC
- Wtton' iuxta Thornton' 1296 Ass
- Wutton' 1200 Cur 1209,1210,1211 P 1211 FF 1212 P 1213,1214 Cur 1218,1219 Ass 1223 Welles 1242–43 Fees 1296 RSu
- Wutton 1238 RRG 1244 Ipm 1255 Pat
- Wuton
- Wotton(') Hy2 LN 1185 Templar 1202 Ass 1210,1213 Cur John Abbr 1218 Ass 1242 Pat 1255–58 RAix 1259 Pat 1268 Ch 1275 Pat 1287 Ass 1296 FF 1301 Ch 1642 Yarb
- Wotton(') iuxta Vlceby 1329 FF
- Wotton(') in lyndesey 1414 AddCh
- Wotton “or” Witton 1597 SPiv
- Wotton als Witton 1612 Yarb
- Wotton als Wytton 1648 MiscDon
- Wooton als Witton 1609,1636,1682,1711 Yarb
- Wootton 1674 Terrier 1699 Yarb 1724 Terrier 1736,1737,1745 Foster
Etymology
'The farmstead or village in a wood or a tract of woodland', v. wudu , tūn . Forms in Wi -, Wy - are from early OE widu, while those in With -, if they belong here, may well represent a replacement of wudu by ON viðr 'a wood'. The village is situated on Boulder Clay.