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English
Etymology
Generally from Old English ryge + tūn (“farm where rye is grown”), except in North Yorkshire: from the River Rye + Old English tūn.
Proper noun
Ryton (countable and uncountable, plural Rytons)
- A place in England:
- A hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO7332).
- A hamlet in Habton parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE7975).
- A small village and civil parish (served by Ryton and Grindle Parish Council) in eastern Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7602).
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ1564).
- A suburb of Bulkington, Nuneaton and Bedworth district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3987).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
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