Picton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107).
A placename: A hamlet and former civil parish in Mickle Trafford and District parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).
A placename: A former ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, abolished in 2023.
A placename: A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.
A placename: A suburb of the City of Bunbury, Western Australia.
A placename: A town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From either the Old English personal name *Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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