Meanings
plural Laxtons
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7925).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9596).
- countableuncountableA village in Laxton and Moorhouse parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7267).
- countableuncountableAn habitational surname.
Origin
A place name truncated from a great variety of predecessors, the place having been formerly known as Laxington, Lexington, Lexinton, and Lessington. The earliest attestations of the place name are found in the Domesday Book variously as Laxintone and Lexingtune; these Domesday forms derive from the Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, from the Anglo Saxon personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”), so meaning "farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa".
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Laxton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Laxton
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