Groton

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).

Proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).
  2. A place in the United States:

    1. A town and city in New London County, Connecticut.

    2. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

    3. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

    4. A town and village in Tompkins County, New York.

    5. A city in Brown County, South Dakota.

    6. A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.

Origin

In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (“sandy or gravelly stream”). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.