Netherton.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A number of places in England: A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
A number of places in England: A suburb of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5176).
A number of places in England: A hamlet in Linkinhorne parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2872).
A number of places in England: A suburb of Maryport, Cumberland, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0436).
A number of places in England: A settlement in Haccombe with Combe parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8971).
A number of places in England: A hamlet in Hatherop parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST1504).
A number of places in England: A hamlet in Faccombe parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3757).
A number of places in England: A hamlet in Pencoyd parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5226).
A number of places in England: A suburb of Bootle, Sefton borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3599).
A number of places in England: A small village and civil parish (served by Netherton and Biddlestone Parish Council) in Northumberland (OS grid ref NT9807).
A number of places in England: A hamlet in Fyfield and Tubney parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4299).
A number of places in England: A hamlet in Highley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7382).
A number of places in England: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9488).
A number of places in England: A village near Armitage Bridge, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1213).
A number of places in England: A locality near Farnley Tyas, Kirkburton parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1712).
A number of places in England: A village in Sitlington parish, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2716).
A number of places in England: A hamlet and civil parish (served by Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton and Netherton Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9941).
A place in Scotland: A hamlet in Strathmore, Angus council area (OS grid ref NO5457).
A place in Scotland: A suburb of Glasgow, Glasgow council area (OS grid ref NS5469).
A place in Scotland: A suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS7854).
A place in Scotland: A hamlet near Bridge of Cally, Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO1452).
A place in Scotland: A suburb of Strathblane, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NS5579).
A rural community in Hauraki district, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand.
Where this word comes from
"The lower settlement", from Old English niþera (“lower”) + tūn (“settlement”).
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