Chesterton

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UK/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə.tən/US/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tɚ.tən/

proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

proper nounChesterton (countable and uncountable, plural Chestertons)

plural Chestertons

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A number of places in England:
    1. countableuncountableA suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4660).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the outskirts of Peterborough (OS grid ref TL1295).
    3. countableuncountableA suburb of Cirencester, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0100).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5621).
    5. countableuncountableA hamlet in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7897).
    6. countableuncountableA northern suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8349).
    7. countableuncountableA small village in Chesterton and Kingston parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3558).
  3. countableuncountableA town in Porter County, Indiana, United States.

Origin

From Chester + -ton. For the place in the United States, from a shortening of Westchester (the name of the township it belongs to) + -ton.

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APA

Chesterton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chesterton

MLA

“Chesterton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chesterton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chesterton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chesterton.

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