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Leighton

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. 2
    A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, which includes Leighton Bromswold.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A civil parish (served by Leighton, Minshull Vernon and Woolstanwood Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Healey parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE1679).
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Leighton and Eaton Constantine parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6105).
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Wanstrow parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7043).
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A small village in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2405).
  4. 9
    A place in the United States:; A town in Colbert County, Alabama.
  5. 10
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Mahaska County, Iowa.
  6. 11
    A place in the United States:; A township in Allegan County, Michigan; in full, Leighton Township.
  7. 12
    A coastal area in North Fremantle, City of Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia.

Etymology

Various place names in England, Old English leac (“leek”) + tun (“settlement”), also in the sense of a herb garden.

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