English Explanatory Dictionary

Murton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7221).
  2. A large village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3947).
  3. A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6452).
  4. A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3270).
  5. A village in Bishopston community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5888).
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Murton Murtons

Etymology

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh, fen”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”).

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