Angerton

A village in Kirkbride parish and Holme East Waver parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2257).

Proper noun

  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.

Origin

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

Derived

Low Angerton