Wootton Fitzpaine

{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name = Wootton Fitzpaine Church - geograph.org.uk - 421769.jpg |static_image_width = 215 |static_image_caption = Wootton Fitzpaine church |country = England |official_name = Wootton Fitzpaine |coordinates = {{coord|50.758|-2.892|display=inline,title}} |map_type = Dorset |population = 345 |population_ref = <ref name=keystats>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130949&c=Wootton+Fitzpaine&d=16&e=62&g=6418378&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1384187220040&enc=1|title=Neighbourhood Statistics. Wootton Fitzpaine (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|access-date=11 November 2013|publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> |unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]] |post_town = Bridport |postcode_area = DT |postcode_district = DT6 |region = South West England |constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] |os_grid_reference = SY371957 }}

'''Wootton Fitzpaine''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county|county]] of [[Dorset]] in [[South West England]]. It lies approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} north-east of [[Lyme Regis]] in a small side valley of the [[River Char]], close to the [[Marshwood Vale]]. The civil parish covers an area of {{convert|3307|acres|ha}} and includes the [[Parish|ecclesiastical parish]] and small settlement of Monkton Wyld to the west.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opcdorset.org/WoottonFitzpaineFiles/WoottonFitzpaine.htm|title=Wootton Fitzpaine|publisher=Dorset OPC Project|access-date=11 November 2013|year=2013}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the civil parish had 180 dwellings, 134 households<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11130949&c=Wootton+Fitzpaine&d=16&e=62&g=6418378&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1384186569004&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2481|title=Neighbourhood Statistics. Wootton Fitzpaine (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)|access-date=11 November 2013|publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> and a population of 345.<ref name=keystats/>

==Wootton Fitzpaine village== [[File:WoottonHouse WoottonFitzpaine Dorset.jpg|thumb|The Manor House, Wootton Fitzpaine, remodelled about 1765<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101287157-wootton-house-wootton-fitzpaine#.WZcZNFGQwqc| title = Wootton House, Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset}} </ref> by Thomas Rose-Drewe (1740-1815)]] Wootton Fitzpaine village consists primarily of two small centres: a larger western part comprising the village hall and about 50 densely placed houses, and a smaller eastern part comprising about a dozen houses, the church and manor house.<ref name=CharVall>{{cite web|url=http://www.charvalleypc.co.uk/action_plans/ap06.htm|title=The Char Valley Village Communities Action Plans 2003. Wootton Fitzpaine Parish|access-date=12 November 2013}} (Note: this document is also published by Dorset County Council at dorsetforyou.co.uk)</ref> The village is sited on [[Middle Lias]] and [[greensand]] and has a history of being agriculturally relatively prosperous.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph Wightman|author-link=Ralph Wightman|title=Portrait of Dorset|page=160|publisher=Robert Hale Ltd|year=1983|edition=4|isbn=0-7090-0844-9}}</ref>

The village name derives from 'Wodetone', meaning a farm close to a wood, plus the name of the manorial family, Fitzpaine.<ref name=dhc>{{cite web|url=http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/wotonftzpane.htm|title=Wootton Fitzpaine|publisher=The Dorset Historic Churches Trust|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

The parish church was built mostly between the 13th and 15th centuries but was restored and added to in 1872.<ref name=BHO>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=127281|title=An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1:West|publisher=British History Online (University of London & History of Parliament Trust)|orig-year=1952|year=2013|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> It lies within the grounds of the adjacent Wootton House,<ref name=dhc/> a three-storey brick-built house re-built in about 1765 by Thomas Rose-Drewe (1740-1815),<ref>[[John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]], (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the [[Heraldic visitation|Heralds' Visitations]] of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.308</ref> second grandson of [[Thomas Rose (died 1747)|Thomas Rose]] (died 1747) of Wootton House, but also restored and added to in the late 19th century.<ref name=BHO/> The rectory dates from the end of the 15th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide|publisher=West Dorset District Council|year=c. 1983|page=22}}</ref> Twenty structures within the parish are [[Listed building|listed]] by [[English Heritage]] for their historic or architectural interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/dorset/wootton+fitzpaine|title=Listed Buildings in Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, England|access-date=11 November 2013|publisher=BritishListedBuildings.co.uk}}</ref>

The village has a website http://www.wootton-fitzpaine.co.uk/

==Monkton Wyld village== {{Coord|50.76286|N|2.94044|W|display=inline}}

[[St Andrew's Church, Monkton Wyld]] was designed by [[Richard Cromwell Carpenter]].

'''Monkton Wyld Court''' is the largest building in this hamlet, a Grade II listed Victoria Gothic former rectory built in 1848.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brittain-Catlin|first=Tim|title=Rectory Report|url=http://www.monktonwyldcourt.co.uk/About_the_Court/The_Rectory_Report.html|access-date=8 February 2013|archive-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622103526/http://www.monktonwyldcourt.co.uk/About_the_Court/The_Rectory_Report.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was also designed by Carpenter. It offers terraced south facing lawns, a dairy farm and an organic walled kitchen garden. The building was used between 1940 and 1982 as a progressive boarding school. In 1982, Simon Fairlie<ref>{{cite web |title=Austrian Scythes for sale |url=http://www.thescytheshop.co.uk/ |website=thescytheshop.co.uk |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> and Gill Barron<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Walter |title=Monkton Wyld Court Farm |url=https://feedingbodyandsoul.com/2016/01/21/monkton-wyld-court-farm/ |website=Feeding Body & Soul |language=en |date=21 January 2016}}</ref> run it as an educational centre for [[sustainable living]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Monkton Wyld Court |url=https://www.ic.org/directory/monkton-wyld-court/ |website=Foundation for Intentional Community |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Monkton Wyld Court|url=http://monktonwyldcourt.co.uk/|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MONKTON WYLD SCHOOL LIMITED - Charity 306217 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/306217 |website=register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> [[The Land is Ours]] campaigns for ''Landrights in Britain'' there,<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://tlio.org.uk/contacts/ |website=The Land Is Ours |access-date=10 January 2022 |date=1 December 2013}}</ref> and Guest House accommodates 42 visitors.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://monktonwyldcourt.co.uk/about-the-court/ |website=Monkton Wyld Court |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

==Footpaths and trails== The [[Wessex Ridgeway]] and [[Monarch's Way]] long-distance footpaths pass through the parish, as does the [[Liberty Trail]], a more local designated way.<ref name=CharVall/>

==Notable residents== *[[Richard Rose (MP)|Richard Rose]] (died 1658), a member of the [[Long Parliament]] *[[Thomas Rose (died 1747)|Thomas Rose]] (died 1747), Sheriff of Dorset in 1715 *[[John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury]] (born 1940)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.goldencapteamofchurches.org.uk/woottonfitzpaine.html Parish Church Of Wootton Fitzpaine] *[http://www.goldencapteamofchurches.org.uk/monktonwyld.html Parish Church of St Andrew Monkton Wyld]

[[Category:Villages in Dorset]]