Picton

P3I1C3T1O1N1

proper noun

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107).

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Meanings

proper nounPicton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

plural Pictons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet and former civil parish in Mickle Trafford and District parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).
    3. countableuncountableA former ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, abolished in 2023.
    4. countableuncountableA small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.
    5. countableuncountableA suburb of the City of Bunbury, Western Australia.
    6. countableuncountableA town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
    7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

From either the Old English personal name *Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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