Monkton
English
Etymology
From Old English munuc (“monk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Monkton (countable and uncountable, plural Monktons)
- A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST186710). [1]
- A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR286649). [2]
- A suburb of Hebburn, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3263).
- A village in Pembroke community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM973015).
- A village in Monkton and Prestwick parish, South Ayrshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NS356842).
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
- A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Monkton is the 23605th most common surname in England, belonging to 177 individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Monkton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 610.