English Place-name Society

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.

North Wootton

Major Settlement in the Parish of North Wootton

Historical Forms

  • Wotton(') c.1180 Sarum 1285 FA 1288 Ass 1294 Ch 1617 Pitt
  • Wuttun' 1226 Cur
  • W(o)tton(e), W(o)ttune 1228 Sarum
  • Wottoune 1491 Digby
  • Wutton' 1516,1538,1563 1590 Salis
  • Wotten 1593 Batten
  • Wootton 1614,1617 Pitt
  • Wotton Episcopi 1316 FA 1383 FF 1412 FA
  • Wotton Bishops 1393 FF
  • North(e) Wotton 1569–74 Map 1575 Saxton
  • North Wotten 1664 HTax
  • North Wooton 1811 OS

Etymology

'Farm in or near a wood', v. wudu , tūn , one of the three Do pars. so named. The earlier affix is from the possession of this manor by the bishops of Salisbury, v. episcopus , biscop . North is in relation to Wootton Glanville par. supra .