Etymology

Egerton

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Today it means: A civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, with the settlement of Egerton Green (OS grid ref SJ5252). Full definition →

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The story

From the Old English personal name Ecgheard or Ecghere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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