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Alston

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Meaning

  1. An unincorporated community in Laird Township, Houghton County, Michigan.
  2. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon.
  3. A small town in Montgomery County, Georgia.
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A hamlet in All Saints parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST3002).
  6. A place in England:
  7. A village in Lancashire (no longer recorded as a place).
  8. A market town in Alston Moor parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7146).

Etymology / origin

From Old English Ælfes (given name with possessive) tun, translating as "Ælf's town".

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