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Carlton

/ˈkɑɹ(ə)ltən/ · name

Meaning

  1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL6453).
  2. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3921).
  3. A village in Kelsale cum Carlton parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3864).
  4. Any of several place names in England:
  5. A suburb of Nottingham in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6141).
  6. A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK3905).
  7. A village in Carlton and Chellington parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP9555).
  8. A civil parish for Carlton in Cleveland, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district.

Etymology / origin

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Charlton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

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