Wootton, Kent
Wootton | |
Wootton |
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District | Dover |
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Shire county | Kent |
Region | South East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
EU Parliament | South East England |
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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