Colton — English Dictionary

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1. A placename: A number of places in England: A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3186).

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2. A placename: A number of places in England: A village in Marlingford and Colton parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1009).

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3. A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish (served by Bolton Percy, Colton and Steeton parish council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5444).

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4. A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, north of Rugeley, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0520).

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5. A placename: A number of places in England: A locality in Great Barton parish, West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8766).

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6. A placename: A number of places in England: An eastern suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3632).

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7. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in San Bernardino County, California.

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8. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.

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9. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York.

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10. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio.

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11. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.

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12. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

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13. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Utah County, Utah.

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14. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Whitman County, Washington.

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15. A placename: A locality in Elliston district council area, South Australia, named after John Colton (politician).

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16. An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from any of these places in Britain.

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17. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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