Throckmorton

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Throckmorton

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Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Throckmortons · Throgmorton

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9849).
  2. countable, uncountable A town, the county seat of Throckmorton County, Texas, United States.
  3. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Throckmorton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/throckmorton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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@misc{throckmorton_2026,
  title = {Throckmorton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/throckmorton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}