Wotton under Edge, market town and par., Gloucestershire, 4 miles S. of Dursley and 12 SW. of Stroud, 4880 ac., pop. 3349; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Friday. Wotton has long claimed to be a prescriptive incorporation, under charter of Henry III. It has a handsome church, literary institution with library and reading-room, and endowed grammar and blue-coat schools. The manufacture of woollen, once a considerable industry at Wotton, has somewhat declined. In addition to the weekly market, there are markets on the first Tuesday of every month, and fairs in March and September.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))