Wootton

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Bedford district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0045).

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper nounWootton (countable and uncountable, plural Woottons)

plural Woottons · alternative Whotton · alternative Wootan · alternative Wooten · alternative Wooton

  1. Any of numerous villages in England:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Bedford district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0045).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in New Milton parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ2398).
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Almeley parish, Herefordshire, divided into Lower Wootton and Upper Wootton (OS grid ref SO3252).
    4. countableuncountableA hamlet in Dormington parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5939).
    5. countableuncountableA village in Wootton Bridge parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5392).
    6. countableuncountableA village in Denton with Wootton parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2246).
    7. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA0816).
    8. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7656).
    9. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4701).
    10. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4319).
    11. countableuncountableA hamlet in Onibury parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4578).
    12. countableuncountableA hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3427).
    13. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1045).
    14. countableuncountableA hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8227).
  2. countableuncountableA locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwudu“wood”
  2. EnglishWootton

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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