The story
- Old English · derived fromclacc“hill, peak”
- English todayClaxton
From either the Old Norse personal name Klakkr or Old English clacc (“hill, peak”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Claxton
Today it means: A civil parish in Hartlepool borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4728). Full definition →
Old English clacc