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Frampton

Frampton proper noun: a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295).

Proper noun

Frampton (countable and uncountable, plural Framptons)

  1. A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295).
  2. A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3239).
  3. A hamlet in Llantwit Major community, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9769).
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Frampton

pluralFramptons

Origin of Frampton

From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Frampton

Questions about Frampton

What does Frampton mean?
Frampton means a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295).
What part of speech is Frampton?
Frampton is a proper noun.

Words near Frampton in the dictionary

  1. Framlingham East
  2. frammis
  3. frammises
  4. frampel
  5. frampold
  6. Frampton
  7. Frampton Cotterell
  8. Frampton Mansell
  9. Frampton on Severn
  10. Framptonesque
  11. Framptons

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