Chesterton

/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə.tən/ name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4660). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the outskirts of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL1295). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A suburb of Cirencester, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0100). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5621). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7897). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in England:; A northern suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8349). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in England:; A small village in Chesterton and Kingston parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3558). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A town in Porter County, Indiana, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Chester + -ton. For the place in the United States, from a shortening of Westchester (the name of the township it belongs to) + -ton.

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