Horton

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English

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 Horton (surname) on Wikipedia

Etymology

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

Proper noun

Horton (countable and uncountable, plural Hortons)

  1. A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
  2. A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A number of places in England:
    1. A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0175). [1]
    2. A hamlet in Ivinghoe civil parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9219).
    3. A former civil parish, in full, Horton by Malpas, now in Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4549); the local hamlet is Horton Green.
    4. A village and civil parish in East Dorset district, Dorset (OS grid ref SU0307). [2]
    5. A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7584). [3]
    6. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8550). [4]
    7. A village in Hackleton parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP8254).
    8. A village and former civil parish in the former borough of Blyth Valley borough, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ285815).
    9. Two settlements, East Horton and West Horton, in Chatton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0230).
    10. A hamlet and manor in Wem Rural civil parish, Shropshire.
    11. A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3214). [5]
    12. A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9457). [6]
    13. A hamlet in Bishops Cannings civil parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0463).
  4. A small village in Penrice community, southern Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4785).
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama.
    2. A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
    3. A small city in Brown County, Kansas.
    4. An unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota.
    5. An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
    6. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
    7. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
    8. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Horton is the 367th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 85195 individuals. Horton is most common among White (69.99%) and Black/African American (24.3%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Berkshire)
  2. ^ Parish map (Dorset)
  3. ^ Parish map after merger with Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire
  4. ^ Parish map (Lancashire)
  5. ^ Parish map (Somerset)
  6. ^ Parish map (Staffordshire)

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