Wotton, Gloucester


Wotton is a suburb of Gloucester, England.[1] It is situated close to the city centre, the Royal Hospital, the city's railway station and to London Road.[1]

Not to be confused with Wotton-under-Edge.

In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Wotton:

WOOTTON, [sic] a hamlet and a ville in St. Mary-de-Lode parish, Gloucestershire; adjacent to Gloucester city. Real property, £5,425. Pop. of the hamlet in 1851, 1,174; in 1861, 1,562,-of whom 578 were in the county lunatic asylum. Houses, 204. Pop. of the ville, in 1851, 56; in 1861, 91. Houses, 21.[2]

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 162 Gloucester & Forest of Dean (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319229118.
  2. "A Vision of Britain Through Time: Wotton". www.visionofbritain.co.uk. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 18 March 2016.


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