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Roughton

Roughton proper noun: a village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).

Proper noun

Roughton (countable and uncountable, plural Roughtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2137).
  3. A hamlet in Worfield parish, south Shropshire, England, east of Bridgnorth (OS grid ref SO7594).
  4. (countable) A habitational surname.

Forms of Roughton

pluralRoughtons

Origin of Roughton

From either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.

Questions about Roughton

What does Roughton mean?
Roughton means a village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).
What part of speech is Roughton?
Roughton is a proper noun.

Words near Roughton in the dictionary

  1. rought
  2. roughtail
  3. roughtails
  4. roughtalk
  5. roughtly
  6. Roughton
  7. Roughtons
  8. Roughts
  9. roughwing
  10. roughwings
  11. roughwork

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