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Chesterton

UK/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə.tən/US/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tɚ.tən/

Chesterton proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Chesterton (countable and uncountable, plural Chestertons)

  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4660).
  3. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the outskirts of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL1295).
  4. A suburb of Cirencester, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0100).
  5. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5621).
  6. A hamlet in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7897).
  7. A northern suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8349).
  8. A small village in Chesterton and Kingston parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3558).
  9. A town in Porter County, Indiana, United States.

Forms of Chesterton

pluralChestertons

Origin of Chesterton

From Chester + -ton. For the place in the United States, from a shortening of Westchester (the name of the township it belongs to) + -ton.

Words formed from Chesterton

Questions about Chesterton

What does Chesterton mean?
Chesterton means a surname.
What part of speech is Chesterton?
Chesterton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Chesterton?
Chesterton is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə.tən/ (UK).

Words near Chesterton in the dictionary

  1. chesterlite
  2. Chesterman
  3. chestermanite
  4. Chestermans
  5. Chesters
  6. Chesterton
  7. Chesterton and Kingston
  8. Chesterton's fence
  9. Chestertonian
  10. Chestertonians
  11. Chestertons

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