Aughton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A village in Ellerton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7038).
A placename: A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3905).
A placename: A hamlet in Halton-with-Aughton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5567).
A placename: A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4586).
A placename: A hamlet in Collingbourne Kingston parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2356).
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Acton.
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