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Aston¹

  • /ˈæstən/

Where it comes from

From Old English ēast (“east”) and tūn (“town, village”). Doublet of Easton.

proper noun Astons

  1. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Remenham parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7884).
  2. countable, uncountable A small village (Aston-by-Sutton) and civil parish (without a council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5578).
  3. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Sudbury parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1631).
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1883).
  5. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Kingsland parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4662).
  6. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2722).
  7. countable, uncountable A village in Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3402).
  8. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8093).
  9. countable, uncountable A small village in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5328).
  10. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6109).
  11. countable, uncountable A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4685).
  12. countable, uncountable A village in Maer parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7541).
  13. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Seighford parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8923).
  14. countable, uncountable A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0889).
  15. countable, uncountable A suburban village in Hawarden community, Flintshire, Wales, contiguous with Shotton (OS grid ref SJ3067).
  16. countable, uncountable A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
  17. countable, uncountable A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Aston, Oxfordshire.
  18. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

noun Astons

  1. informal A car made by Aston Martin.

aston²

verb

  1. obsolete To astonish.

aston³

Where it comes from

From Aston Broadcast Systems, a supplier of software displaying such graphics.

noun

  1. UK A lower third.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ashton, martin, austin, jones, ansley, ayton, asby, astin, eston, auston, ashcroft, astley, atlas, axford, asheton, boynton

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@misc{aston_2026,
  title = {aston},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aston},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}