English Explanatory Dictionary

Garton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2635).
  3. A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which includes the village of Garton on the Wolds.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Garton Gartons

Etymology

From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

East Garton Garton on the Wolds
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