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 .