In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wootton like this:
WOOTTON, a parish in the Isle of Wight; on a creek of its own name, 3½ miles W of Ryde r. station. It has a post-office, designated Wootton-Bridge, Isle of Wight. Acres, 1,360; of which 282 are water. Real property, £1,108. Pop., 79. Houses, 13. The seat of the De Insulas or Lisles was long here; but the park was destroyed in 1705. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £240.* Patron, F. W. Popham, Esq. The church is ancient. Two Wesleyan chapels and a national school are adjacent to the parish, at Wootton-Bridge.
Wootton through time
Wootton is now part of the Isle of Wight district. Click here for graphs and data of how the Isle of Wight has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wootton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wootton, in The the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20500
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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