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Wootton St Lawrence

village · Hampshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Wootton St Lawrence means 'Wudutun' (farmstead by a wood) in Old English, with 'St Lawrence' added to identify the parish church dedicated to St Lawrence. It denotes a settlement near a wood.

Word origins

Wootton
Old Englishfarmstead by a wood(from wudu "wood", tun "farmstead, settlement")
St Lawrence
LatinSaint Lawrence