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Childer Thornton

Childer Thornton proper noun: a village next to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3677).

Proper noun

Childer Thornton

  1. A village next to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3677).

Origin of Childer Thornton

Childer is from cildra, genitive plural of Old English cild, referring to the young monks of St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester.

Questions about Childer Thornton

What does Childer Thornton mean?
Childer Thornton means a village next to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3677).
What part of speech is Childer Thornton?
Childer Thornton is a proper noun.

Words near Childer Thornton in the dictionary

  1. childcrowing
  2. childe
  3. Childebert
  4. childed
  5. childer
  6. Childer Thornton
  7. Childeric
  8. Childermas
  9. Childermas-Day
  10. Childermas-Days
  11. Childermases

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