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Wootton

/ ˈwʊtən /

noun

  1. WoottonBarbara (Frances), Baroness of Abinger18971988FEnglishSOCIAL SCIENCE: economistEDUCATION: educationalistSOCIAL SCIENCE: social scientistCRIME AND POLICING: criminologist Barbara ( Frances ), Baroness of Abinger. 1897–1988, English economist, educationalist, social scientist, and criminologist


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"Don't overestimate me," screams one director, driven to his breaking point by Wootton's antics.

At the election of 1780 he was returned for Wootton Bassett; but did not seek re-election after the dissolution in 1784.

The pretty village of Wootton is situated on Fishbourne creek, also called Wootton river.

I could not imagine Wootton Bassett without its market-hall any more than I could imagine a cathedral city without its cathedral.

Another aspect of the problem is illustrated by a story of a similar struggle at Wootton Basset, a small borough in Wiltshire.

Firebrace, the page, remained in the village, but I accompanied the officers as far as the ford across the creek at Wootton.

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