English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Wootton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wootton

Historical Forms

  • Udetune, Udetone, Vdetone 1086 DB
  • Wodeton' 1202 Ass
  • Wodetone 1306 HarlCh
  • Wodton' 1386 Peace
  • Witchona 1095–1100 AC
  • Withtun c.1155 Dane c.1160 Dane
  • Withton' 1218 Ass
  • Witthun (sic) R1 Dane
  • Wittuna c.1115 LS
  • Witton' 1166 P 1200 Cur 1242–43 Fees
  • Witton 1190 Dugdvi 1301 Pat 1550 ParlSurv 1653
  • Wittonne 1562–67 LNQv
  • Wytton 1190 Dugdvi 1301 Tax 1291 VEiv 1535 LPxiv 1539 Pat 1552
  • Wytton' 1242–43 Fees
  • Wituna c.1115 LS
  • Witona 1148–52 LAASvii
  • Witon Hy3 Ch 1301 ParlSurv 1653
  • Wyton' 1242–43 Fees
  • Uttuna c.1115 LS
  • Wttuna c.1115 ib
  • Wttona c.1150 TYR
  • Wttun 1238–43 Fees
  • Wtton' 1212 1254 ValNor 1272,1273 DC
  • Wtton' iuxta Thornton' 1296 Ass
  • Wutton' 1200 Cur 1209,1210,1211 P 1211 FF 1212 P 1213,1214 Cur 1218,1219 Ass 1223 Welles 1242–43 Fees 1296 RSu
  • Wutton 1238 RRG 1244 Ipm 1255 Pat
  • Wuton
  • Wotton(') Hy2 LN 1185 Templar 1202 Ass 1210,1213 Cur John Abbr 1218 Ass 1242 Pat 1255–58 RAix 1259 Pat 1268 Ch 1275 Pat 1287 Ass 1296 FF 1301 Ch 1642 Yarb
  • Wotton(') iuxta Vlceby 1329 FF
  • Wotton(') in lyndesey 1414 AddCh
  • Wotton “or” Witton 1597 SPiv
  • Wotton als Witton 1612 Yarb
  • Wotton als Wytton 1648 MiscDon
  • Wooton als Witton 1609,1636,1682,1711 Yarb
  • Wootton 1674 Terrier 1699 Yarb 1724 Terrier 1736,1737,1745 Foster

Etymology

'The farmstead or village in a wood or a tract of woodland', v. wudu , tūn . Forms in Wi -, Wy - are from early OE  widu, while those in With -, if they belong here, may well represent a replacement of wudu by ON  viðr 'a wood'. The village is situated on Boulder Clay.