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Harton

Harton proper noun: a village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7062).

Proper noun

Harton (countable and uncountable, plural Hartons)

  1. A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7062).
  2. A hamlet in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4888).
  3. A suburb of South Shields, South Tyneside borough, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3764).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Harton

pluralHartons

Origin of Harton

From either Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) or hær (“rock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Words formed from Harton

Questions about Harton

What does Harton mean?
Harton means a village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7062).
What part of speech is Harton?
Harton is a proper noun.

Words near Harton in the dictionary

  1. Hartogs
  2. Hartogs number
  3. Hartogs numbers
  4. Hartoin
  5. Hartola
  6. Harton
  7. Hartons
  8. Hartranft
  9. Hartranfts
  10. hartree
  11. Hartree product

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