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Cawston.

A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).

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  1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).

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  2. A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4773).

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  3. A rural community in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada, named after rancher R. L. Cawston.

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  4. A habitational surname.

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Where this word comes from

Recorded as Caustune in the Domesday Book, it probably derives from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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