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.

Wootton Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Folkington

Historical Forms

  • Lodintone 1086 DB
  • Wudetona 1174 P
  • Wodeton 1242 Fees 1380 SR
  • Wudington c.1205 Hailsham
  • Wodinton 1252 Ch
  • Woditon 1324 Pat
  • Wutton juxta Fokyngton 1458 IpmR

Etymology

'Farm by the wood,' v. tun , with occasional ingtun forms instead of tun . Cf. Wootton supra 300 for the inton -form, and for the erroneous L , cf. Itford and supra 358.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement