Coulton

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proper noun

A village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE634567).

OriginOld English col →
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Meanings

proper nounCoulton (countable and uncountable, plural Coultons)

plural Coultons

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE634567).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishcol“coal”
  2. EnglishCoulton

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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