Etymology

Cherrington

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Today it means: A village in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ664199). Full definition →

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The story

From the Old English personal name Ceorra or from ġeċierring (“river turn”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.