Netherton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in England:
  3. A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
  4. A suburb of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5176).
  5. A hamlet in Linkinhorne parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2872).
  6. A suburb of Maryport, Cumberland, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0436).
  7. A settlement in Haccombe with Combe parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8971).
  8. A hamlet in Hatherop parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST1504).
  9. A hamlet in Faccombe parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3757).
  10. A hamlet in Pencoyd parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5226).
  11. A suburb of Bootle, Sefton borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3599).
  12. A small village and civil parish (served by Netherton and Biddlestone Parish Council) in Northumberland (OS grid ref NT9807).

Pronunciation

/ˈnɛðətən/

Word forms

Netherton Nethertons

Etymology

"The lower settlement", from Old English niþera (“lower”) + tūn (“settlement”).

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