In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wootton like this:
WOOTTON, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Oxford. The village stands on the river Glyme, 2¼ miles N by W of Woodstock, and 3 W by N of Kirtlington r. station; and has a post-office under Woodstock.—The parish includes part of Woodstock town, and is in Woodstock district. Acres, 3,720. ...
Real property, £5,954. Pop., 1,238. Houses, 269. The manor belongs to the Duke of Marlborough. Woodleys and Hollybank are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £800.* Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels, endowed schools for boys and girls, and charities £25.-The hundred contains 35 parishes. Acres, 67,590. Pop., 23,011. Houses, 4,901.
Wootton through time
Wootton is now part of West Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wootton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wootton in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10282
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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