Wroot
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Wroot (pronounced ) is a linear village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, south of the River Torne on the Isle of Axholme, close to the boundary with South Yorkshire. The population at the 2011 census was 455.
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Wroot (pronounced ) is a linear village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, south of the River Torne on the Isle of Axholme, close to the boundary with South Yorkshire. The population at the 2011 census was 455.
==History== The name Wroot is derived from wrot, Old English for snout, probably in reference to a spur of land. Mills confirms the view, also stating that in 1157 Wroot was "Wroth".
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