Alton

Meanings

1. A number of places in England:
2. An undefined locality in Idridgehay and Alton parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, around Alton Hall and Alton Manor.
3. A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7139).
4. A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire; Alton Towers is to the north (OS grid ref SK0742).
5. A civil parish west of Pewsey, Wiltshire, which includes the villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors.
6. A hamlet in Figheldean parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1546).
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
9. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
10. An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.
11. A city on the Mississippi in Madison County, Illinois.
12. A small town in Boone Township, Crawford County, Indiana.

Etymology

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).

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