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.