Ecton

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hamlet in Wetton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0958). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ecca + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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