Stoughton

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/ˈstoʊtən/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK638490).

OriginOld English stoc →
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Meanings

proper nounStoughton (countable and uncountable, plural Stoughtons)

plural Stoughtons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK638490).
    2. countableuncountableA suburb of Guildford, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU980015).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU802114).
    4. countableuncountableA town in the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    5. countableuncountableA town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
    6. countableuncountableA city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishstoc“house, dwelling”
  2. EnglishStoughton

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“Stoughton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stoughton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stoughton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stoughton.

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