Roxton

English

Etymology

Recorded as Rochesdone in the Domesday Book, the English village is named with the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook”), + -s- + dūn (“hill”).

Proper noun

Roxton (countable and uncountable, plural Roxtons)

1. A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL154955).
2. A township municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
3. A city in Lamar County, Texas, United States.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Roxton is the 622629^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Roxton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears