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Quarrington

Quarrington proper noun: a suburban village in Sleaford parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0544).

Proper noun

Quarrington (countable and uncountable, plural Quarringtons)

  1. A suburban village in Sleaford parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0544).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Quarrington

pluralQuarringtons

Origin of Quarrington

Recorded as Corninctune in the Domesday Book, the name derives from Old English cweorn (“quern”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Quarrington

Questions about Quarrington

What does Quarrington mean?
Quarrington means a suburban village in Sleaford parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0544).
What part of speech is Quarrington?
Quarrington is a proper noun.

Words near Quarrington in the dictionary

  1. quarried
  2. quarrier
  3. quarriers
  4. quarries
  5. quarring
  6. Quarrington
  7. Quarringtons
  8. quarrion
  9. quarrions
  10. quarromes
  11. quarromeses

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