Exton

The story

1. Old English · derived fromoxa“ox”
2. Old English · derived fromĒastseaxe“East Saxons”
3. Old English · derived fromEx“River Exe”
4. English todayExton

# The villages in Devon and Somerset, England: from Old English Ex (“River Exe”) + tūn (“village”), 'the farm or village by the river Exe'. # The village in Hampshire, England: from Old English Ēastseaxe (“East Saxons”), genitive plural, Ēastseaxna + tūn (“estate”), 'the settlement or estate of the East Saxons'. # The village in Rutland, England: from Old English oxa (“ox”), genitive plural *exna + tūn, 'the ox farm'.

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