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Chesterton
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English
Etymology
From en Chester -ton. For the place in the United States, from a shortening of en Westchester (the name of the township it belongs to) + en -ton.
Pronunciation
en /ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə.tən/ RP
en /ˈt͡ʃɛs.tɚ.tən/ GA
Proper noun
~ s
en.
en number of places cc/England:
en suburb city/Cambridge co/Cambridgeshire OS grid ref TL4660.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Huntingdonshire co/Cambridgeshire on the outskirts of city/Peterborough OS grid ref TL1295. Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
en suburb town/Cirencester dist/Cotswold co/Gloucestershire OS grid ref SP0100.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Cherwell co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SP5621. Parish map (Oxfordshire)
en hamlet par/Worfield south-east co/Shropshire OS grid ref SO7897.
en northern suburb town/Newcastle-under-Lyme co/Staffordshire OS grid ref SJ8349.
en small village par/Chesterton and Kingston dist/Stratford-on-Avon co/Warwickshire OS grid ref SP3558.
en town co/Porter County s/Indiana c/USA.
Derived terms
en Chesterbelloc Chesterton and Kingston Chesterton's fence Chestertonian
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