Wootton, Kent

Wootton
Wootton
 Wootton shown within Kent
DistrictDover
Shire countyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
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Coordinates: 51°10′30″N 1°10′48″E / 51.175°N 1.18°E

Wootton is a village near Dover in Kent, England. Birthplace of the mathematician and surveyor Leonard Digges who some claim invented a functioning telescope sometime between 1540 and 1559.

It once had a Baptist chapel, linked to the Eythorne Baptist Church group.

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