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Alston

Alston proper noun: a market town in Alston Moor parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7146).

Proper noun

Alston

  1. A market town in Alston Moor parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7146).
  2. A hamlet in All Saints parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST3002).
  3. A village in Lancashire (no longer recorded as a place).
  4. A small town in Montgomery County, Georgia.
  5. An unincorporated community in Laird Township, Houghton County, Michigan.
  6. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon.
  7. A ghost town in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

Origin of Alston

From Old English Ælfes (given name with possessive) tun, translating as "Ælf's town".

Words formed from Alston

Questions about Alston

What does Alston mean?
Alston means a market town in Alston Moor parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7146).
What part of speech is Alston?
Alston is a proper noun.

Words near Alston in the dictionary

  1. Alspaugh
  2. Alspaughs
  3. ALSs
  4. Alstead
  5. alsterpaullone
  6. Alston
  7. Alston Moor
  8. Alstonefield
  9. alstonerine
  10. alstonia
  11. alstonias

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