Angerton

English

Etymology

From Old English angr (“bay”) + tun (“town”). The first element is related to Proto-Germanic *angijō (“meadow, lowland”).

Proper noun

Angerton

1. A village in Kirkbride parish and Holme East Waver parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2257).
2. A hamlet in Broughton West parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2184).
3. A civil parish (served by Duddon Parish Council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, south and east of the hamlet.

Derived terms

• Low Angerton

References

• Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN, page 55
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “angra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

Anagrams

• negro ant, egnorant, negatron, nongreat, e-gnorant