Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Wootton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wootton

Historical Forms

Otone 1086 DB

Wutton 1197 FF 1397 Cl

Wotton 1223 FF

Wuttun Hy3 Ch 1317

Woutton 1304 Ch

Etymology

'Wood-farm' v. wudu , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site