Appleton
village · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Appleton means 'apple orchard' or 'settlement where apples grow'. It is formed from the Old English 'æppel' (apple) and 'tun' (settlement, farmstead, village).
Word origins
- æppel
- Old Englishapple(from æppel "apple")
- tun
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead, village(from tun "settlement, farmstead, village")
Historical forms
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