^When built, the tramway had no official name; it was referred to in internal correspondence as "The Quainton Tramway".[1] Following the 1872 extension and conversion to passenger use, it was officially named the "Wotton Tramway".[1] On 1 April 1894, the Wotton Tramway was taken over by the Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad, and retained the O&AT name officially until closure in 1935 despite never running either to Oxford or to Aylesbury.[2] It was commonly known as the Brill Tramway from 1872 onwards (and referred to as such in some official documents such as the agreement establishing the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee[3]), and as the Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch from 1899 to 1935, but neither of these were official names.[4]
