Gunton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A railway station in Thorpe Market parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, named after Gunton Hall some distance away (OS grid ref TG2535).
A placename: A northern suburb of Lowestoft, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM5495).
A placename: A community in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
A habitational surname.
Where this word comes from
From the Old Norse personal name Gunni + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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