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

Other OS name in the Parish of Colebrooke

Historical Forms

  • Wu(o)deton 1249 Ass
  • Wodeton 1275 RH

Etymology

is Wu (o )deton 1249Ass (p), Wodeton 1275 RH (p) . ' Farm by the wood . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement