English Explanatory Dictionary

Littleton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  2. A locality in the Lithgow council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A number of places in England:
  4. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4466).
  5. A hamlet in Blandford St Mary parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST8904).
  6. A village in Littleton and Harestock parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4532).
  7. A hamlet in Chew Magna parish, Bath and North East Somerset council area, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5563).
  8. A hamlet in Compton Dundon parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4930).
  9. A hamlet in Artington parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9847).
  10. A village near Shepperton, Spelthorne borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0768).
  11. A hamlet in Semington parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9060).
  12. A number of places in the United States:

Word forms

Littleton Littletons

Etymology

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to little + -ton. Doublet of Lyttelton.

Derived words

High Littleton Littleton and Harestock South Littleton
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