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.

Wotton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wotton

Historical Forms

  • Odetone 1086 DB
  • Wodeton 1235 FF 1258 Ipm 1291 Tax 1304 Winton 1317,1355 Ipm
  • Woddeton 1304 BM
  • Wudeton 1235,1259 Ass 1242 Fees
  • Wodenton c.1270 Winton
  • Wodinton 1276 Ipm 1302 Ch
  • Wodynton 1355 Ipm
  • Woditon 1279 Ass
  • Wodyton 1443 FF
  • Wodyngton 1292,1380,1382 Winton 1456 BM
  • Wodington 1324 Pat
  • Wodyngeton al. Wotton 1548 Pat
  • Wutton 1610 FF

Etymology

'Farm by the wood,' v. wudu , tun .