Netherton
Meanings
name
- A surname.
- A number of places in England:
- A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
- A suburb of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5176).
- A hamlet in Linkinhorne parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2872).
- A suburb of Maryport, Cumberland, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0436).
- A settlement in Haccombe with Combe parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8971).
- A hamlet in Hatherop parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST1504).
- A hamlet in Faccombe parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3757).
- A hamlet in Pencoyd parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5226).
- A suburb of Bootle, Sefton borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3599).
- A small village and civil parish (served by Netherton and Biddlestone Parish Council) in Northumberland (OS grid ref NT9807).
Pronunciation
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Etymology
"The lower settlement", from Old English niþera (“lower”) + tūn (“settlement”).
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