Hammerton

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proper noun

The villages of Green Hammerton and Kirk Hammerton in North Yorkshire, England.

OriginOld English hamor →
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Meanings

proper nounHammerton (countable and uncountable, plural Hammertons)

plural Hammertons

  1. countableuncountableThe villages of Green Hammerton and Kirk Hammerton in North Yorkshire, England.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhamor“hammer-sedge”
  2. EnglishHammerton

Recorded as Hambretone in the Domesday Book, 1086. Perhaps from Old English hamor (“hammer-sedge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

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

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