English Explanatory Dictionary

Ecton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).
  2. A hamlet in Wetton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0958).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Ecton Ectons

Etymology

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

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