ORTON

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Surname Etymology and Meaning of ORTON


Published Information
(origin: Local) From the town of Orton, in Westmoreland, England. Gaelic, Ord, a hill of a round form and steep, and ton, a town a fortress.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).


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