Meaning

26 senses

  1. Any of a few places in England:

    (countable, uncountable)A village in Burland and Acton parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6353).

  2. (countable, uncountable)A hamlet in Langton Matravers parish, Purbeck district, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9878).

  3. (countable, uncountable)A town and suburb in the borough of Ealing, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2080).

  4. (countable, uncountable)A hamlet in Allendale parish, south-west Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8351).

  5. (countable, uncountable)A village in Lydbury North parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO3184).

  6. (countable, uncountable)A hamlet in Whitmore parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8241).

  7. (countable, uncountable)A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8944).

  8. (countable, uncountable)A locality in Ombersley parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8467).

  9. (countable, uncountable)A suburb and community in Wrexham borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3451).

  10. (countable, uncountable)A village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland

  11. A place in Canada:

    (countable, uncountable)A community in the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A regional county municipality in the Montérégie region, Quebec.

Origin

From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“farm, town, homestead”); compare the doublet Aughton.

From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“farm, town, homestead”); compare the doublet Aughton.

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