Alderton
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English alor (“alder”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
Proper noun
editAlderton (countable and uncountable, plural Aldertons)
- A number of places in England:
- A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0033). [1]
- A small village and civil parish (without a council) in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, formerly in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7446). [2]
- A small village in Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4923).
- A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, formerly in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3441). [3]
- A village in Luckington parish, north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8382).
- A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Alderton is the 36477th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 613 individuals. Alderton is most common among White (95.76%) individuals.
References
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alderton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Gloucestershire, England
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- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Villages in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Places in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Villages in Shropshire, England
- en:Places in Shropshire, England
- en:Villages in Suffolk, England
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- en:Villages in Wiltshire, England
- en:Places in Wiltshire, England
- en:Census-designated places in Washington, USA
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- en:Places in Washington, USA
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English