Frampton

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3239). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A hamlet in Llantwit Major community, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9769). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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