Cayton

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Cayton

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

proper noun Caytons

countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Cayton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cayton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Cayton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cayton

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@misc{cayton_2026,
  title = {Cayton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cayton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}