Wootton, Kent

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51°10′30″N1°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]

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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

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 (W.Nr. 5153), flown by Oberleutnant Egon Troha, Staffelkapitan (StffKpt) of 9./JG 3, and which crash-landed near Wootton Cross Roads, Shepherdswell, on 29 October 1940 The Battle of Britain HU67698.jpg
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 (W.Nr. 5153), flown by Oberleutnant Egon Troha, Staffelkapitän (StffKpt) of 9./JG 3, and which crash-landed near Wootton Cross Roads, Shepherdswell, on 29 October 1940

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]

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References

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

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