Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wodetone (× 2), Odetun 1086 DB

• Wudeton' 1244 Ass l13 HarlCh

• Wdetun(') Hy3 HarlCh

• Wodeton(e) 1244,1288 Ass 1291 Tax 1302 FF 1303 FA 1354 Cl

• Wodetoune c.1300 Poul 15

• Wodeton in Merssh(e)wodevale 1364,1380 Cl

• Wodeton in Merswodevale 1403 ib

• Wodeton(') Roberti 1268,1280,1288 Ass

• Wodeton(') Roberti (filii Pagani) 1316 FA

• Wodetun' Roberti 1288 Ass

• Wotton(') 1288 Ass 1346 FA 1433 HarlRoll

• Wotton Fitz Payn(e) 1392,1405 Pat

• Wotton fitz Pain 1417 ADI

• Wotton Fytz Payn 1431 FA

• Fitz Payn Wotton 1433 Pat

• Wotten Fitzpaine 1664 HTax

• Wodeton Matravers 1375 IpmR

Etymology

'Farm or estate in or by the wood', from wudu, tūn , one of the three Do pars. so named, here no doubt with reference to the wood that gave name to Marshwood par. supra . The manorial affix Fitzpaine distinguishes this place from its smaller neighbour, Abbott's Wootton in Whitchurch C. par. supra : the manor was held by the family of Robert Fitz Payn from the second half of the 13th cent., hence also Wodeton Roberti (filii Pagani ), v. Hutch3 2274 and cf. Okeford Fitzpaine par. 3179 which takes its name from the same family. The short-lived affix Matravers is also manorial: this and other manors were sold to John Maltravers of Lytchett Matravers (2 29) by Robert Fitzpaine t. Ed 3 (1327–77), v. Hutch3 2274.