Garton

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A village in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2635). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which includes the village of Garton on the Wolds. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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East GartonGarton on the Wolds

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