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 Wootton Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies approximately north-east of Lyme Regis in a small side valley of the River Char, close to the Marshwood Vale. The civil parish covers an area ...

, Dorset *

Wootton, New Forest Wootton is a Hamlet (place), hamlet in the civil parish of New Milton in Hampshire, England. It is in the south of the New Forest. Overview Wootton is just north of the village of Bashley, Hampshire, Bashley in the civil parish of New Milton, al ...

, hamlet in south-west Hampshire *

Wootton St Lawrence Wootton St Lawrence is a small village in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell, in Hampshire, England, west of Basingstoke. The name is derived from the Old English ''wudu tun'' meaning woodland settlement or farm. History The ...

, village near Basingstoke, Hampshire * Wootton, Almeley, a location in Herefordshire * Wootton, Dormington, a location in Herefordshire * Wootton, Isle of Wight ** Wootton Bridge * Wootton, Kent *

Wootton, Lincolnshire Wootton is a small village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 475. It is situated south-east from Barton-upon-Humber, north-east from Brigg and north from Humberside Ai ...

* Wootton, Northamptonshire *

Wootton, Vale of White Horse Wootton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about north-west of Abingdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The parish of Wootton includes the hamlets of Whitecross ...

, Oxfordshire *

Wootton, West Oxfordshire Wootton is a village and civil parish on the River Glyme about north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. In recent years the village is sometimes referred to as Wootton-by-Woodstock to distinguish it from Wootton, Vale of White Horse, which was in Berks ...

, Oxfordshire (also known as Wootton-by-Woodstock) * Wootton, Onibury, a location in Shropshire * Wootton, Oswestry Rural, a location in Shropshire *

Wootton, Staffordshire Wootton is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. The village is situated approximately 20 miles (30 km) east from Stoke-on-Trent and 20 miles (30 km) northwest from Derby. History Toponymy The name ''Wootton'' is thoug ...

, East Staffordshire * Wootton, Stafford, a location in Staffordshire * Wootton Wawen, village in Stratford, England * Royal Wootton Bassett, town in Wiltshire *

Wootton Rivers Wootton Rivers is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. The village lies about northeast of Pewsey and south of Marlborough. During the 20th century its population halved and most of its facilities closed ...

, Wiltshire *

Leek Wootton Leek Wootton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, in the Warwick district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, approximately 2 miles south of Kenilworth and 2.5 miles north of Warwick. It ...

, Warwickshire * Woottons, a location in Staffordshire ;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 ''Smith of Wootton Major'', first published in 1967, is a novella by J. R. R. Tolkien. Background The book began as an attempt to explain the meaning of Faery by means of a story about a cook and his cake, and Tolkien originally thought to cal ...

by J. R. R. Tolkien

People

Wootton is also a surname derived from the place name. *

Barbara Adam Wootton Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, CH (14 April 1897 – 11 July 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist. She was the first of four women to be appointed as a life peer, entitled to serve in the House of Lords, under the ...

, economist *

Bob Wootton Robert "Bob" Wootton (March 4, 1942 – April 9, 2017) was an American guitarist. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, the Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist Luther Perkins died in a house fire. He remained Cash's guitarist for n ...

, folk guitarist with Johnny Cash * Brenda Wootton, Cornish folk singer *

Chris Wootton Christopher James Wootton (born 11 December 1988 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales) is an Australian racing driver. With racing in his blood, Chris commenced his motor sporting career in karting in December 2004, at the Gold Coast Christmas rac ...

, Australian Race Driver *

Corey Wootton Corey Andrew Wootton (born June 22, 1987) is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Northwestern University. As a junior, he garnered first-team All-Big Ten Conferen ...

, American football player *

David Wootton Sir David Hugh Wootton (born 21 July 1950) is an English lawyer and politician. He was the 684th Lord Mayor of London, from 2011 to 2012, and is the Alderman of the Ward of Langbourn. Early life Wootton was educated at Bradford Grammar School ...

, British lawyer and politician * Curt Wootton, American actor * Frank Wootton, English painter * Frank Wootton, Australian jockey *

George Wootton George Wootton (1834–1924) was an English cricketer. Biography Born 16 October 1834, Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England; Wootton joined the All England Eleven in 1860 English cricket season, 1860 but did not play his first first-class match ...

(1834-1924), English cricketer * Jeff Wootton, English musician * John Wootton, English painter * Lloyd "Moon" Wootton, Canadian lacrosse player *

Marc Wootton Marc James Wootton (born 8 February 1975) is an English actor, comedian and writer, best known for his role as Mr Poppy in the ''Nativity!'' film series. Wootton has also appeared in ''High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman'', ''La La Land'', ''Nig ...

(born 1975), English comedian *

Richens Lacey Wootton Richens Lacy (or Lacey) Wootton (1816 - 1893), often referred to as "Uncle Dick" Wootton, was an American frontiersman born in Virginia, but lived most of his life in Colorado. In his early life Wootton was a mountain man and trapper, then a hun ...

Scott Wootton Scott James Wootton (born 12 September 1991) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Wellington Phoenix FC, Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. Wootton also gained ...

, English footballer * Thomas Sprigg Wootton, founder of Montgomery County, Maryland

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