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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.

Wootton Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Chiltington

Historical Forms

  • Wudutun t.EdwConf. KCD896 12th
  • Odintune, Odetone 1086 DB
  • Wodeton 1272 RH
  • Wdetun 1212 Fees72
  • Wudeton 1242 Fees689

Etymology

'Farm by the wood,' v. tun . There is no wood there now.

Places in the same Parish