Aughton

English

Etymology

From Old English ac (“oak”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Acton.

Proper noun

Aughton (countable and uncountable, plural Aughtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village in Ellerton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7038).
   2. A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3905).
   3. A hamlet in Halton-with-Aughton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5567).
   4. A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4586).
   5. A hamlet in Collingbourne Kingston parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2356).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Aston cum Aughton
• Aughton Park
• Halton-with-Aughton

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aughton is the 16969^th most common surname in England, belonging to 291 individuals.

References

• Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN
• Ordnance Survey - Lancaster

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Tonghua, hang out, hangout, tohunga