Wotton (hundred)

Wotton (hundred)

[
right|350px|thumb|Wotton_is_to_the_south_of_the_Surrey hundreds] Wotton was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England.

The hundred included the parishes of Abinger, Capel, Dorking, Ockley, and Wotton. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42943&strquery=wotton%20hundred British History online] ]

The hundred was granted to Sir Edward Zouche in 1620 by James I. It later passed onto the Earl of Onslow.

ee also

*Medieval Surrey
*Surrey hundreds

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