Chesterton

== English == === Etymology === From Chester +‎ -ton. For the place in the United States, from a shortening of Westchester (the name of the township it belongs to) + -ton. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə.tən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛs.tɚ.tən/ === Proper noun === Chesterton (countable and uncountable, plural Chestertons) A surname. A number of places in England: A suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4660). A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the outskirts of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL1295). A suburb of Cirencester, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0100). A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5621). A hamlet in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7897). A northern suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8349). A small village in Chesterton and Kingston parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3558). A town in Porter County, Indiana, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== Chesterton and Kingston Chestertonian Chesterton's fence === References ===