Wotton, Surrey
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| Wotton | |
  Wotton shown within Surrey |
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| Population | 307[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Mole Valley |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dorking |
| Postcode district | RH5 |
| Dialling code | 01306 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Mole Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Surrey | |
Wotton is a village on the A25 running between Guildford in the west and Dorking in the east. Neighbouring villages include: the Abingers of Abinger Common and Abinger Hammer; Friday Street and Westcott. Wotton lies in a valley 200m south of the North Downs Way.
The civil parish of Wotton (covering 2,243 hectares[2]) is wholly within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and includes Leith Hill to the south and Ranmore Common to the north.
Wotton appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Odetone. It was held by Osuuold (Oswold). Its domesday assets were: 5 hides; 1 mill worth 1s 8d, 10 ploughs, 3 acres of meadow, woodland and herbage worth 73 hogs. It rendered £7.[3]
John Evelyn, the diarist was born at Wotton House in 1620. Wotton House was a training college for the Fire Service and then after being empty for nearly 13 years, has been turned into conference centre with over 100 bedrooms, who also cater for large weddings (Needs extra research)
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