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, Almeley, a location in Herefordshire
  • Wootton, Dormington, a location in Herefordshire
  • Wootton, Isle of Wight
  • Wootton Bridge
  • Wootton, Kent
  • Wootton, Lincolnshire
  • Wootton, Northamptonshire
  • Wootton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire
  • Wootton, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire (also known as Wootton-by-Woodstock)
  • Wootton, Onibury, a location in Shropshire
  • Wootton, Oswestry Rural, a location in Shropshire
  • Wootton, Staffordshire, East Staffordshire
  • Wootton, Stafford, a location in Staffordshire
  • Wootton Wawen, village in Stratford, England
  • Royal Wootton Bassett, town in Wiltshire
  • Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire
  • Leek Wootton, 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 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 Woottkon, Cornish folk singer
  • Chris Wootton, Australian Race Driver
  • Corey Wootton, American football player
  • David Wootton (historian), British historian
  • David Wootton (lord mayor), British lawyer and politician
  • Curt Wootton, American actor
  • 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 (born 1975), English comedian
  • Richens Lacey Wootton
  • Scott Wootton, English footballer
  • Thomas Sprigg Wootton, founder of Montgomery County, Maryland
  • Tom Wootton, English politician

See also

  • Wootten
  • Wooten
  • North Wootton (disambiguation)
  • Wotton (disambiguation)
  • Thomas S. Wootton High School