词条 | Wootton, Kent |
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|country = England |official_name= Wootton |coordinates = {{coord|51.175|1.18|display=inline,title}} |civil_parish= Denton with Wootton |population = 372 |population_ref = (2011 Census)[1] |static_image = |static_image_caption= |shire_district= Dover | shire_county = Kent |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= |post_town= Canterbury |postcode_district = CT4 |postcode_area= CT |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= }} Wootton is a village in the civil parish of Denton with Wootton, and the Dover District of Kent, England. The village is {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} northwest from the channel port of Dover, and {{convert|30|mi|km|0}} east-southeast from the county town of Maidstone. The major A2 London to Dover road is {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} to the northeast. Denton, the other parish village, is 1 mile to the northwest. 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. The civil parish is called Denton with Wootton. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122682&c=CT4+6RJ&d=16&e=62&g=6436817&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1473847655000&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=14 September 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics| work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} External links{{Commons category inline|Wootton, Kent}}{{Dover}}{{Kent-geo-stub}} 2 : Villages in Kent|Dover District |
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