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Alton

/ˈɔːltən/ · name

Meaning

  1. A hamlet in Figheldean parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1546).
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire; Alton Towers is to the north (OS grid ref SK0742).
  4. A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7139).
  5. A number of places in England:
  6. A civil parish west of Pewsey, Wiltshire, which includes the villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors.
  7. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  8. An undefined locality in Idridgehay and Alton parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, around Alton Hall and Alton Manor.

Etymology / origin

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).

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