Quarrington

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proper noun

A suburban village in Sleaford parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0544).

OriginOld English cweorn →
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Meanings

proper nounQuarrington (countable and uncountable, plural Quarringtons)

plural Quarringtons

  1. countableuncountableA suburban village in Sleaford parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0544).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishcweorn“quern”
  2. EnglishQuarrington

Recorded as Corninctune in the Domesday Book, the name derives from Old English cweorn (“quern”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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