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Laxton

Laxton proper noun: a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7925).

Proper noun

Laxton (countable and uncountable, plural Laxtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7925).
  2. A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9596).
  3. A village in Laxton and Moorhouse parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7267).
  4. An habitational surname.

Forms of Laxton

pluralLaxtons

Origin of Laxton

A place name truncated from a great variety of predecessors, the place having been formerly known as Laxington, Lexington, Lexinton, and Lessington. The earliest attestations of the place name are found in the Domesday Book variously as Laxintone and Lexingtune; these Domesday forms derive from the Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, from the Anglo Saxon personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”), so meaning "farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa".

Phrases with Laxton

Questions about Laxton

What does Laxton mean?
Laxton means a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7925).
What part of speech is Laxton?
Laxton is a proper noun.

Words near Laxton in the dictionary

  1. laxness
  2. laxnesses
  3. laxoside
  4. Laxson
  5. Laxsons
  6. Laxton
  7. Laxton and Moorhouse
  8. Laxtons
  9. laxtose
  10. laxumin
  11. Laxå

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