Colton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A number of places in England: A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3186).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village in Marlingford and Colton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1009).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish (served by Bolton Percy, Colton and Steeton parish council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5444).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, north of Rugeley, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0520).
A placename: A number of places in England: A locality in Great Barton parish, West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8766).
A placename: A number of places in England: An eastern suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3632).
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in San Bernardino County, California.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Utah County, Utah.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Whitman County, Washington.
A placename: A locality in Elliston district council area, South Australia, named after John Colton (politician).
An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from any of these places in Britain.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).
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