English Explanatory Dictionary

Clopton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A deserted medieval village in Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL303487).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref TL0680).
  4. A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM224815).
  5. A census-designated place in Dale County, Alabama, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia, United States.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Clopton Cloptons Clapperton

Etymology

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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