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Coulton

Coulton proper noun: a village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE634567).

Proper noun

Coulton (countable and uncountable, plural Coultons)

  1. A village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE634567).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Coulton

pluralCoultons

Origin of Coulton

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Coulton

What does Coulton mean?
Coulton means a village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE634567).
What part of speech is Coulton?
Coulton is a proper noun.

Words near Coulton in the dictionary

  1. coulters
  2. Coulterville
  3. Coulthard
  4. Coulthards
  5. Coulthurst
  6. Coulton
  7. Coultons
  8. coulure
  9. coulé
  10. coulée
  11. coulées

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