Etymology

Urmston

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Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7594). Full definition →

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The story

From the Old English personal name *Wyrm + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.