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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in Hartland parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS2625).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in Dartmouth parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8551).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in South Heighton parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ4701).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8524).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A suburban village in north-east Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2334).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A settlement in Freshwater parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3489).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6063).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in Culmington parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4681).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A settlement in Stockton parish, east Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7200).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5609).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in Kewstoke parish, North Somerset, Somerset, just north of Weston-super-Mare (OS grid ref ST3463).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5415).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A southern suburb of the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3682).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL9565).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8982).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A settlement in Aldingbourne parish, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9206).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in Selsey parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SZ8695).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A small village and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8884).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A village in Norton and Lenchwick parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0447).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, the location of Norton Barracks (OS grid ref SO8751).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in Skenfrith community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4420).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A village in Presteigne community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO3067).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A suburb in Mumbles community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6618).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A number of places in England and Wales:
A hamlet in Penrice community, City and County of Swansea (OS grid ref SS4986).
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69.
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A city, the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States.
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name
Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
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name
An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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noun
A motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
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noun
A book, especially an anthology, from the publisher Norton, especially if used as a textbook.
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History
From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.
