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Murton.

A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7221).

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  1. A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7221).

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  2. A large village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3947).

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  3. A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6452).

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  4. A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3270).

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  5. A village in Bishopston community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5888).

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  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh, fen”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”).

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