Stoughton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK638490).
A placename: A suburb of Guildford, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU980015).
A placename: A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU802114).
A placename: A town in the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh, Saskatchewan, Canada.
A placename: A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
A placename: A city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.
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