Alton.
A number of places in England:
Meaning & usage
A number of places in England: An undefined locality in Idridgehay and Alton parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, around Alton Hall and Alton Manor.
A number of places in England: A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7139).
A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire; Alton Towers is to the north (OS grid ref SK0742).
A number of places in England: A civil parish west of Pewsey, Wiltshire, which includes the villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors.
A number of places in England: A hamlet in Figheldean parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1546).
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.
A number of places in the United States: A city on the Mississippi in Madison County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A small town in Boone Township, Crawford County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Sioux County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Osborne County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Waseca County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city, the county seat of Oregon County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Belknap County, New Hampshire.
A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in the town of Sodus, Wayne County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A village in the town of Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Hidalgo County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Kane County, Utah.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Halifax County, Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
A rural community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
A town in the Shire of Balonne, southern Queensland, Australia.
A rural community in Taranaki, New Zealand.
An English habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).
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