Etymology

Halton

Hal·ton
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Today it means: The Borough of Halton, a unitary authority and borough in Cheshire, England, formed in 1974. Full definition →

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The story

* (Halton, Ontario, Canada): Named after William Mathew Halton, a British colonial bureaucrat in Upper Canada.

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