Tag: Wotton

Wotton ( /ˈwʊtən/) is a small village located on the A25 between Guildford in the west and Dorking in the east. The nearest village with a small number of shops is Westcott. Wotton lies in a small valley, near the Tilling Bourne stream and the foot of the North Downs escarpment about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the North Downs Way.
The civil parish of Wotton (covering 2,243 hectares) is wholly within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and includes the small village itself, the smaller settlement Friday Street, Leith Hill to the south and Ranmore Common to the north.
Wotton appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Odetone. It was held by Osuuold (Oswold). Its domesday assets were: 5 hides; 1 mill worth 1s 8d, 10 ploughs, 3 acres (12,000 m) of meadow, woodland and herbage worth 73 hogs. It rendered £7.
John Evelyn, the diarist was born at Wotton House in 1620, which includes alongside two grottos in the grounds. In 1694 he moved in as the main legatee. Wotton House was a…