Wootton

Other current and historical names

Otone
Hall End

Built-Up Area: Wootton (Bedford)
Parish/Community: Wootton
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'50"N 0°31'39"W
Eastings/Northings: 500963, 245354
OS Grid: TL009453
Mapcode Local: GBR G2G.KFN
Mapcode Global: VHFQD.SKY2

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wootton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wootton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wootton.-- par. and vil., Bedfordshire - par., 3711 ac., pop. 1302; vil., 4½ miles SW. of Bedford; P.O.; in vicinity is Wootton House, seat.

Wootton in the Domesday Book

A village in Redbornstoke hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Tosti
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Wootton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Albert of Lorraine
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Albert of Lorraine
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 15/- in 1066; £8 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (11 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
- Woodland: 400 pigs

British Place Names

Wootton, Bedford

Wootton is a village in Wootton (Bedford), Bedford

Wootton in historic gazetteers

Wootton in the Domesday Book