Wootton, Kent

Human settlement in England

Denton with Wootton

District

Dover

Kent

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCanterburyPostcode districtCT4PoliceKentFire Kent Ambulance South East Coast

List of places: UK; England; Kent

51°10′30″N 1°10′48″E / 51.175°N 1.18°E / 51.175; 1.18

Wootton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denton with Wootton, in the Dover district of Kent, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 164.^[1]

The village is 7 miles (11 km) northwest from the channel port of Dover, and 30 miles (48 km) east-southeast from the county town of Maidstone. The major A2 London to Dover road is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the northeast. Denton, the other parish village, is 1 mile to the northwest.

History

Wootton was the birthplace of the mathematician and surveyor Leonard Digges, who some claim invented a functioning telescope some time between 1540 and 1559.

It once had a Baptist chapel, linked to the Eythorne Baptist Church group. The worldwide known Lydden Hill Race Circuit, the so-called "Home of Rallycross", is located near Wootton village.

On 1 April 1963 the parish was abolished and merged with Denton to form "Denton with Wootton".^[2]

References

^ "Population statistics Wootton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Wootton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 14 June 2023.