English Explanatory Dictionary

Alderton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A number of places in England:
  2. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0033).
  3. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, formerly in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7446).
  4. A small village in Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4923).
  5. A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, formerly in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3441).
  6. A village in Luckington parish, north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8382).
  7. A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Alderton Aldertons

Etymology

From Old English alor (“alder”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

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