English Explanatory Dictionary

Aughton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in Ellerton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7038).
  3. A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3905).
  4. A hamlet in Halton-with-Aughton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5567).
  5. A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4586).
  6. A hamlet in Collingbourne Kingston parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2356).
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Aughton Aughtons

Etymology

From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Acton.

Derived words

Aston cum Aughton Aughton Park Halton-with-Aughton
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