Wootton

A common name, ‘farmstead in or near a wood’, OE wudu + tūn; examples include: Wootton Northamptonshire Witone (1086) (DB). Wootton Oxfordshire, near Abingdon. Wuttune (985). Wootton Bassett Wiltshire Wdetun (680), Wodetone (1086) (DB), Wotton Basset (1272). Manorial affix from the Basset family, here in the 13th cent. Wootton Fitzpaine Dorset. Wodetone (1086) (DB), Wotton Fitz Payn (1392). Manorial affix from the Fitz Payn family, here in the 14th cent. Wootton, Glanvilles Dorset. Widetone (1086) (DB), Wotton Glaunuill (1288). Manorial affix from the Glanville family, here in the 13th cent. Wootton, Leek Warwickshire Wottona (1122), Lecwotton (1285). Affix presumably OE lēac ‘leek’ from their cultivation here. Wootton, North & Wootton, South Norfolk. Wdetuna (1086) (DB), Nordwitton (1166), Sudwutton (1182). Wootton Rivers Wiltshire Wdutun (804), Otone (1086) (DB), Wotton Ryvers (1332). Manorial affix from the de Rivere family, here in the 13th cent. Wootton St Lawrence Hampshire Wudatune (990), Odetone (1086) (DB). Affix from the dedication of the church. Wootton Wawen Warwickshire Uuidutuun (716 — 37), Wotone (1086) (DB), Wageneswitona (c.1142). Affix from its possession in the 11th cent. by a man called Wagen (OScand. Vagn).

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