Horton

//ˈhɔː.tən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0175). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Ivinghoe civil parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9219). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A former civil parish, in full, Horton by Malpas, now in Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4549); the local hamlet is Horton Green. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in East Dorset district, Dorset (OS grid ref SU0307). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7584). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8550). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in England:; A village in Hackleton parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP8254). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in England:; A village and former civil parish in the former borough of Blyth Valley borough, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ285815). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in England:; Two settlements, East Horton and West Horton, in Chatton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0230). countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet and manor in Wem Rural civil parish, Shropshire. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3214). countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in England:; A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9457). countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Bishops Cannings civil parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0463). countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A small village in Penrice community, southern Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4785). countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Inyo County, California. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Brown County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  20. 25
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

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