Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• æt Wudetune, to Wudutune 940 BCS764 12th

• Vutune 1086 DB

• Wtton 1154 Berk

• Wutton' 1195 P

• Wottun, Wottona 1154 Berk 1220 Fees 1228 Ch c.1240 Berk 1532 VE

• Wottona juxta Kynggeswode 1328 Banco

• Wottona Underegge, Wottona under Egge 1359 FF 1399 Pat 1401 Ass 1426 Pat 1592 FF

• Wottona underhedge 1535 VE 1541 FF 1652 ParlSurv

• Wottona Subedge 1559 FF

• Wottona Borough, Wottona Foreyn 1497 FF

• Wottona Forren 1610 Rec

• Wottona Burrowe, Wottona Forren 1635 Inq

• Wootton Underedge 1573 Comm 1716 PR

Etymology

'Farmstead in the wood', v. wudu , tūn . The affixes refer to its position under the Cotswold escarpment (v. The Ridge infra ), as in Weston Subedge i, 261supra , to the Old Borough, and to the part of the parish outside the borough (v. forinseca ).