Wootton
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Wootton is an English place name meaning place by the wood. The standard pronunciation rhymes the first syllable with foot.
Places in Australia called Wootton:
Fictional places called Wootton:
Places
Places in England called Wootton:- Wootton, BedfordshireWootton, BedfordshireWootton is a large village and civil parish located to the south-west of Bedford, in the north of Bedfordshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlets of Hall End, Keeley Green and Wootton Green....
- Wootton, Dorset
- Wootton, HampshireWootton, HampshireWootton is a small village in Hampshire, England, west of Basingstoke. The name is derived from the Old English wudu tun meaning woodland settlement or farm.-History:...
, village near Basingstoke - Wootton, West HampshireWootton, West HampshireWootton is a hamlet in the civil parish of New Milton in Hampshire, England. It is in the south of the New Forest.-Overview:Wootton is just north of the village of Bashley in the civil parish of New Milton, although the farmland and woodland to the north of Wootton is in the parish of Brockenhurst....
, hamlet in the New Forest - Wootton, Herefordshire
- Wootton, Isle of Wight (or Wootton Bridge)
- Wootton, KentWootton, KentWootton is a village near Dover in Kent, England. Birthplace of Leonard Digges, inventor of the Telescope.It once had a Baptist chapel, linked to the Eythorne Baptist Church group....
- Wootton, North LincolnshireWootton, North LincolnshireWootton is a small village in North Lincolnshire. It is situated South-East of Barton-upon-Humber, North-East of Brigg and North of Humberside Airport.Wootton is an Anglo-Saxon settlement and was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Udetune"...
- Wootton, NorthamptonshireWootton, NorthamptonshireWootton, Northamptonshire is a village about south of Northampton town centre and now part of the Northampton Borough Council area.The village is separated from Hardingstone by the Newport Pagnell Road the B526, formerly part of the A50 road...
- Wootton, OxfordshireWootton, OxfordshireWootton, Oxfordshire may refer to:*Wootton, Vale of White Horse*Wootton, West Oxfordshire...
:- Wootton, Vale of White HorseWootton, Vale of White HorseWootton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about north-west of Abingdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire...
- Wootton, West OxfordshireWootton, West OxfordshireWootton is a village and civil parish on the River Glyme about north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The village is sometimes referred to as Wootton-by-Woodstock to distinguish it from Wootton, Vale of White Horse, which was in Berkshire but was transferred to Oxfordshire in the 1974 local authority...
(also known as Wootton-by-Woodstock)
- Wootton, Vale of White Horse
- Wootton, Shropshire
- Wootton, StaffordshireWootton, StaffordshireWootton is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.The 17th century house Wootton Lodge is a grade I listed building in the parish....
- Wootton WawenWootton WawenWootton Wawen is a small village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The village is located on the A3400, from Birmingham, miles south of Henley-in-Arden and miles north of Stratford-upon-Avon. The soil is a strong clay and some arable crops are grown,...
, village in Stratford, England - Wootton BassettWootton BassettRoyal Wootton Bassett , informally known as Wootton Bassett, is a small market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 11,043 in 2001...
, town in Wiltshire - Wootton RiversWootton RiversWootton Rivers is a small village located between Pewsey and Marlborough in Wiltshire.-The village:The village and its church are built on what was originally the site of a Saxon manor house. At the start of the 14th century it came into the hands of the de la Riviere family, after whom it is now...
, Wiltshire - Leek WoottonLeek WoottonLeek Wootton is a village in Warwickshire, England, roughly one mile from Kenilworth and two miles from Warwick. It lies in the triangle created by Kenilworth, Warwick and Leamington Spa.-Geography:...
, Warwickshire
Places in Australia called Wootton:
- Wootton, New South Wales
Fictional places called Wootton:
- Wootton Major, a fictional place in the short story Smith of Wootton MajorSmith of Wootton MajorSmith of Wootton Major, first published in 1967, is a novella by J. R. R. Tolkien.-Background:The book began as an attempt to explain the meaning of Faery by means of a story about a cook and his cake. This was intended to be part of a preface by Tolkien to George MacDonald's famous fairy story...
by J. R. R. Tolkien
People
Wootton is also a surname derived from the place name.- Barbara Adam Wootton, economist
- Bob WoottonBob WoottonBob Wootton is an American guitarist. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, the Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist, Luther Perkins, died in a house fire.- Biography :...
, folk guitarist with Johnny Cash - Brenda WoottonBrenda WoottonBrenda Wootton was a Cornish poetess and folk singer and was seen as an ambassador for Cornish tradition and culture in all the Celtic nations and as far away as Australia and Canada....
, Cornish folk singer - Chris WoottonChris WoottonChristopher James Wootton is an Australian racing driver.With racing in his blood, Chris commenced his motor sporting career in karting in December 2004, at the Gold Coast Christmas race meeting...
, Australian Race Driver - Corey WoottonCorey WoottonCorey A. Wootton is an American football defensive end for the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Northwestern University. As a junior, he garnered first team All-Big Ten Conference honors...
, American football player - Frank WoottonFrank WoottonFrank Wootton OBE PPGAvA was an aviation artist, famous for his works depicting the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.-Early life:Wootton was born in Milford on Sea, Hampshire in 1914...
, English painter - John WoottonJohn WoottonJohn Wootton was an English painter of sporting subjects, battle scenes and landscapes, and illustrator.-Life:Born in Snitterfield, Warwickshire , he is best remembered as a pioneer in the painting of sporting subjects – together with Peter Tillemans and James Seymour – and was considered the...
, English painter - Marc WoottonMarc WoottonMarc Wootton is an English character comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as the fake medium and psychic, Shirley Ghostman, on the BBC Three series, High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman and he also appeared in Nativity!- Career :...
, English comedian - Thomas Sprigg WoottonThomas Sprigg WoottonDr. Thomas Sprigg Wootton a member of the Maryland Constitutional Convention, was the founder of Montgomery County, Maryland, by introducing a bill in the Maryland General Assembly on September 6, 1776 to divide Frederick into three counties---Frederick, Montgomery, and Washington. These were the...
, founder of Montgomery County, Maryland
See also
- Wootten (disambiguation)
- Wooten (disambiguation)
- North Wootton (disambiguation)
- Wotton (disambiguation)
- Thomas S. Wootton High School