English Explanatory Dictionary

Barnston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6419).
  2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2883).
  3. A community in Coaticook, Quebec, Canada.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Barnston Barnstons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Beorna + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Related words

Barnstone
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