Watton-at-Stone

/wɒtən.æt.stəʊn/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3019).

OriginOld English wād →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Watton at Stone

  1. A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3019).

Origin

  1. Old Englishwād“woad”
  2. EnglishWatton-at-Stone

From Old English wād (“woad”) + tūn; recorded as Wattun in 969, Wodtone 1086 (Domesday Book), and Watton atte Stone in 1311.

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