Houghton.
A common placename:
Meaning & usage
A common placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724).
A common placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Stanwix Rural parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY407593).
A common placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Sancton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE886392).
A common placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143).
A common placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF789288).
A common placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1266).
A common placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411).
A common placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Burton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9807).
A common placename: Ellipsis of Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa.
A common placename: A town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Lee County, Iowa.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in Keweenaw County, Michigan.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Caneadea, Allegany County, New York.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of the city of Kirkland, Washington.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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