Wootton, Kent

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.
The village is northwest from the channel port of Dover, and east-southeast from the county town of Maidstone. The major A2 [road (Great Britain)|A2] London to Dover road is to the northeast. Denton, the other parish village, is 1 mile to the northwest.

History

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".