Welton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A hamlet in Sebergham parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3544).
  3. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE9627).
  4. A village and civil parish (served by Welton-by-Lincoln Parish Council) in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0179).
  5. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5866).
  6. A suburb of Midsomer Norton, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6654).
  7. A hamlet near Mauchline, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5027).
  8. A minor city and township in Clinton County, Iowa, United States.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Welton Weltons

Etymology

From Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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