Gunton

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proper noun

A railway station in Thorpe Market parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, named after Gunton Hall some distance away (OS grid ref TG2535).

OriginOld English tūn →
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Meanings

proper nounGunton (countable and uncountable, plural Guntons)

plural Guntons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA railway station in Thorpe Market parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, named after Gunton Hall some distance away (OS grid ref TG2535).
    2. countableuncountableA northern suburb of Lowestoft, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM5495).
    3. countableuncountableA community in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  2. countableA habitational surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishtūn“enclosure; settlement, town”
  2. EnglishGunton

From the Old Norse personal name Gunni + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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