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Aston.

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name/ˈæstən/
  1. A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Remenham parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7884).

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  2. A common placename: A number of places in England: A small village (Aston-by-Sutton) and civil parish (without a council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5578).

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  3. A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Sudbury parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1631).

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  4. A common placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1883).

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  5. A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Kingsland parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4662).

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  6. A common placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2722).

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  7. A common placename: A number of places in England: A village in Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3402).

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  8. A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8093).

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  9. A common placename: A number of places in England: A small village in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5328).

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  10. A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6109).

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  11. A common placename: A number of places in England: A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4685).

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  12. A common placename: A number of places in England: A village in Maer parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7541).

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  13. A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Seighford parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8923).

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  14. A common placename: A number of places in England: A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0889).

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  15. A common placename: A suburban village in Hawarden community, Flintshire, Wales, contiguous with Shotton (OS grid ref SJ3067).

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  16. A common placename: A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France.

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  17. A common placename: A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Aston, Oxfordshire.

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  18. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English ēast (“east”) and tūn (“town, village”). Doublet of Easton.

noun/ˈæstən/
  1. A car made by Aston Martin.

    informal
Where this word comes from

From Old English ēast (“east”) and tūn (“town, village”). Doublet of Easton.

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