Type Word
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1]
Meaning & History
Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Related Items
Given Name DescendantsAshton, Ashtyn, Benton, Burton, Cason, Clayton, Clifton, Clinton, Colten, Colton, Dalton, Dayton, Easton, Houston, Kingston, Kolton, Layton, Leighton, Leyton, Linton, Milton, Newton, Norton, Paityn, Payton, Peyton, Preston, Princeton, Sutton, Thornton, Trenton, Walton, Washington, Weston, Wilton, Winton, Aston, Kynaston, Lynton, Tatton, Upton(English) Royston(English (British))
Surname DescendantsAppleton, Ashton, Aston, Ayton, Barton, Benton, Bolton, Burton, Cason, Clayton, Clifton, Clinton, Colton, Dalton, Dayton, Deighton, Easton, Eaton, Eccleston, Ecclestone, Hambleton, Hampton, Hilton, Horton, Kingston, Kynaston, Layton, Leighton, Leyton, Linton, Lynton, Milton, Newton, Norton, Payton, Peyton, Preston, Royceston, Royston, Stanton, Sutton, Tatton, Thornton, Townsend, Upton, Walton, Washington, Weston, Wilton, Winton, Wootton(English) Houston, Johnston(Scottish)
Place Name DescendantsAppleton, Ashton, Aston, Ayton, Benton, Burton, Cawston, Colton, Deighton, Eaton, Glympton, Houston, Kingston, Kynaston, Layton, Leighton, Linton, Peyton, Princeton, Royston, Tatton, Thornton, Trenton, Upton, Washington, Weston, Wilton, Winton(English) Houston(Scottish)
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Sources & References
- Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 1018, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.
