English Explanatory Dictionary

Frampton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295).
  3. A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3239).
  4. A hamlet in Llantwit Major community, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9769).
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Frampton Framptons

Etymology

From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Frampton Cotterell Framptonesque Frampton Mansell Frampton on Severn
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