English Explanatory Dictionary

Sancton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE901392).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Sancton Sanctons

Etymology

Recorded as Sandtona in the Pipe rolls, the placename derives from Old English sand (“sand”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The first part of the name arose through popular association with Old English sanct (“saint”).

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