Aughton

== English == === Etymology === From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Acton. === Proper noun === Aughton (countable and uncountable, plural Aughtons) (uncountable) A placename: A village in Ellerton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7038). A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3905). A hamlet in Halton-with-Aughton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5567). A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4586). A hamlet in Collingbourne Kingston parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2356). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aughton is the 16969th 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 === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69. Forebears === Anagrams === Tonghua, hang out, hangout, tohunga