WOOTTON, a parish in the hundred of WOOTTON,
county of OXFORD, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Woodstock,
containing 1084 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford,
rated in the king's books at £15. 2. 8., and in the
patronage of the Warden and Fellows of New College,
Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is partly in
the Norman style, but principally of later date. A court
leet is annually held, at which constables and other
officers are appointed. At Old Woodstock, and in other
parts of the parish, the manufacture of gloves is carried
on. Charles Parrott, in 1785, bequeathed £2300
India annuities, now producing about £70 per annum,
for the maintenance, education, and apprenticing of
twelve boys. Numerous vestiges of Roman occupation
have been discovered at various times; on Chaldon hill
are the remains of an exploratory camp, near which
passes the old Roman road, Akeman-street.