Loughton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Luhha + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊtən/

Proper noun

Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4396).
   2. A village in Loughton and Great Holm parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8337).
   3. A small village in Wheathill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6183).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Loughton and Great Holm

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Loughton is the 15207^th most common surname in England, belonging to 341 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 463.
• Forebears