Uttoxeter ( ) is a small village near

Plympton–Wyoming Plympton–Wyoming is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Lambton County immediately east of Sarnia. It is the seat of the Lambton County Council. The town's first mayor was Patricia Davidson, who was elected to the House of C ...

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, Canada, that at one time had its own post office and some small businesses. It is named after the town of

Uttoxeter Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town in the East Staffordshire district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border. It is situated from Burton upon Trent, from Stafford, from Stoke-on-Trent, from De ...

in the United Kingdom. Most of the village no longer exists, but the name endures as a designation for a dispersed rural community around the original site. The church is now a private residence. The nearest place of any significance is Plympton–Wyoming, which is away.Uttoxeter, Ontario, Canada
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is 12 km away, while the former village of Wyoming in

is 15 km away.

History

Name

The village is named after the town of

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, the name of which most likely means "Wuttuc's homestead on the heath". The village is also referred to as Uttoxeter, Ontario, to avoid confusion.

Transport

Ontario Highway 402 King's Highway 402, commonly referred to as Highway 402 and historically as the Blue Water Bridge Approach, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that connects the Blue Water Bridge international crossing near Sarnia to High ...

is around to the south of Uttoxeter. The nearest railway station is

Wyoming Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...

, which is on the Sarnia–Toronto line and is away by road. The nearest airport is

Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport is located east northeast of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1958 for scheduled flights, the airport was renamed in honour of Canadian Space Agency astronaut and Sarnia native Chris Hadfield in 1997. The air ...

, which is away.

References

External links

* Communities in Lambton County {{WesternOntario-geo-stub