English Explanatory Dictionary

Carlton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any of several place names in England:
  2. A village in Carlton and Chellington parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP9555).
  3. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL6453).
  4. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3921).
  5. A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK3905).
  6. A suburb of Nottingham in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6141).
  7. A village in Kelsale cum Carlton parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3864).
  8. A civil parish for Carlton in Cleveland, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district.
  9. A village in Carlton Town parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0684).
  10. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6424).
  11. A village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3610).
  12. A village south-west of Rothwell, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3327).

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑɹ(ə)ltən/ /ˈkɑːltən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Carlton.wav

Word forms

Carlton

Etymology

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Charlton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

Related words

Carleton

Derived words

Carlton and Chellington Carlton Colville Carlton County Carlton House desk Carlton in Cleveland Carlton in Lindrick Carlton North Carlton-on-Trent Carlton River Carlton Scroop Carlton Town East Carlton Kelsale cum Carlton South Carlton West Carlton
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