Aughton
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English ac (“oak”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Acton.
Proper noun edit
Aughton (countable and uncountable, plural Aughtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in Ellerton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7038).
- A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3905).
- A hamlet in Halton-with-Aughton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5567).
- A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4586).
- A hamlet in Collingbourne Kingston parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2356).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aughton is the 16969th most common surname in England, belonging to 291 individuals.
References edit
- Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN
- Ordnance Survey - Lancaster
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69.
- Forebears