Wootton

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, Dorset
 * Wootton, New Forest, hamlet in south-west Hampshire
 * Wootton St Lawrence, village near Basingstoke, Hampshire
 * Wootton, Herefordshire
 * Wootton, Isle of Wight, also known as Wootton Bridge
 * Wootton, Kent
 * Wootton, North Lincolnshire
 * Wootton, Northamptonshire
 * Wootton, Oxfordshire (disambiguation):
 * Wootton, Vale of White Horse
 * Wootton, West Oxfordshire (also known as Wootton-by-Woodstock)
 * Wootton, Shropshire
 * Wootton, Staffordshire
 * Wootton Wawen, village in Stratford, England
 * Wootton Bassett, town in Wiltshire
 * Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire
 * Leek Wootton, Warwickshire


 * 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 by J. R. R. Tolkien

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


 * Barbara Adam Wootton, economist
 * Bob Wootton, folk guitarist with Johnny Cash
 * Brenda Wootton, Cornish folk singer
 * Chris Wootton, Australian Race Driver
 * Corey Wootton, American football player
 * Frank Wootton, English painter
 * Frank Wootton, Australian jockey
 * George Wootton (1834-1924), English cricketer
 * Jeff Wootton, English musician
 * John Wootton, English painter
 * Lloyd "Moon" Wootton, Canadian lacrosse player
 * Marc Wootton, English comedian
 * Scott Wootton, English footballer
 * Thomas Sprigg Wootton, founder of Montgomery County, Maryland