Kempton

K5E1M3P3T1O1N1

proper noun

A village in Clunbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO359829).

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Meanings

proper nounKempton (countable and uncountable, plural Kemptons)

plural Kemptons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village in Clunbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO359829).
    2. countableuncountableA village in Ford County, Illinois, United States.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Tipton County, Indiana, United States.
    4. countableuncountableA ghost town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States.
    6. countableuncountableA town in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    7. countableuncountableA village in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

From the Old English personal name *Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

Kempton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kempton

MLA

“Kempton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kempton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kempton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kempton.

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