English Explanatory Dictionary

Northington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU568733).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Northington Northingtons

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived to the north of a settlement, from Old English norþ (“north”) + in + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Norrington, which shares the same etymology.

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