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Shotton

Shotton proper noun: a village in Peterlee parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4139).

Proper noun

Shotton

  1. A village in Peterlee parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4139).
  2. A civil parish in County Durham, west of the village in Peterlee.
  3. A hamlet south of Sedgefield in Sedgefield parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3625).
  4. A hamlet on the Scottish border in Kilham parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT8430).
  5. A hamlet west of Cramlington, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2278).
  6. A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3068).

Words formed from Shotton

Questions about Shotton

What does Shotton mean?
Shotton means a village in Peterlee parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4139).
What part of speech is Shotton?
Shotton is a proper noun.

Words near Shotton in the dictionary

  1. shotties
  2. shotting
  3. Shottingham
  4. Shottle
  5. Shottle and Postern
  6. Shotton
  7. Shotton Colliery
  8. shotts
  9. shottsuru
  10. shotty
  11. Shotwell

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