English Explanatory Dictionary

Cherrington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ664199).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Cherrington Cherringtons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ceorra or from ġeċierring (“river turn”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

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