English Explanatory Dictionary

Chorlton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ellipsis of Chorlton-on-Medlock: an inner city area of Manchester, England; a former separate town and parish.
  2. A village and former civil parish, now in Hough and Chorlton parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7250).
  3. A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, which includes the hamlet of Chorlton Lane (OS grid ref SJ4547).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.
name
  1. Ellipsis of Chorlton-cum-Hardy: a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8193).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Chorlton Chorltons

Etymology

From Old English ċeorl (“churl: freeman, peasant”) + -tūn (“-ton: enclosure, estate, town”).

Derived words

Chapel and Hill Chorlton Chapel Chorlton Chorlton-on-Medlock Chorlton Row Chorlton-upon-Medlock Hill Chorlton Hough and Chorlton Chorlton-cum-Hardy Chorlton Lane Chorlton Park
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