Wootton

Other current and historical names

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Built-Up Area: Wootton
Parish/Community: Wootton
District/Borough: West Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°52'39"N 1°21'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 443812, 220086
OS Grid: SP438200
Mapcode Local: GBR 7W3.9Q6
Mapcode Global: VHCX6.927G

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., Oxfordshire - par., 4274 ac., pop. 1081; vil., on river Glyne, 2 miles N. of Woodstock; P.O.; has endowed schools for boys and girls.

Wootton in the Domesday Book

A village in Wootton hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 11 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Mills: 2, value 10/2½
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ilger (subinfeudated); William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Pasture: 13 acres

British Place Names

Wootton, Oxfordshire

Wootton is a village in Wootton , Oxfordshire

Wootton in historic gazetteers

Wootton in the Domesday Book