Bretton

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A suburb and civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1600). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A hamlet in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2077). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A village in Broughton and Bretton community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3563). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Old English Brett (“Briton”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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