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Aughton
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English
Etymology
From en ang āc oak + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town; compare the doublet 1 en Acton.
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village par/Ellerton co/East Riding of Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE7038.
en village/and/cpar in dist/West Lancashire co/Lancashire cc/England OS grid ref SD3905. Parish map (West Lancashire)
en hamlet par/Halton-with-Aughton City of dist/Lancaster co/Lancashire OS grid ref SD5567.
en village par/Aston cum Aughton metbor/Rotherham co/South Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SK4586.
en hamlet par/Collingbourne Kingston co/Wiltshire cc/England OS grid ref SU2356.
en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Aston cum Aughton Aughton Park Halton-with-Aughton
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aughton is the 16969th most common surname in England, belonging to 291 individuals.
References
Mills David The Place Names of Lancashire 1976 Batsford Books London 0-7134-3248-9 Directory of Place Names
Further reading
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Anagrams
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