Wootton
Wootton is an English place name meaning place by the wood. The standard pronunciation rhymes the first syllable with foot.
Places
- Places in England called Wootton
- Wootton, Bedfordshire
- Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
- Wootton, New Forest, hamlet in south-west Hampshire
- Wootton St Lawrence, village near Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Wootton, Herefordshire
- Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight
- Wootton, Kent
- Wootton, North Lincolnshire
- Wootton, Northamptonshire
- Wootton, Oxfordshire (disambiguation):
- Wootton, Vale of White Horse
- Wootton, West Oxfordshire (also known as Wootton-by-Woodstock)
- Wootton, Shropshire
- Wootton, Staffordshire
- Wootton Wawen, village in Stratford, England
- Wootton Bassett, town in Wiltshire
- Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire
- Leek Wootton, 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 Major by J. R. R. Tolkien
People
Wootton is also a surname derived from the place name.
- Barbara Adam Wootton, economist
- Bob Wootton, folk guitarist with Johnny Cash
- Brenda Wootton, Cornish folk singer
- Chris Wootton, Australian Race Driver
- Corey Wootton, American football player
- Frank Wootton, English painter
- Frank Wootton, Australian jockey
- George Wootton (1834-1924), English cricketer
- Jeff Wootton, English musician
- John Wootton, English painter
- Lloyd "Moon" Wootton, Canadian lacrosse player
- Marc Wootton, English comedian
- Scott Wootton, English footballer
- Thomas Sprigg Wootton, founder of Montgomery County, Maryland
See also
- Wootten (disambiguation)
- Wooten (disambiguation)
- North Wootton (disambiguation)
- Wotton (disambiguation)
- Thomas S. Wootton High School