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Clayton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Clayton, ‘farmstead on clayey soil’, OE clǣg + tūn; examples include: Clayton Brad. Claitone 1086 (DB). Clayton Donc. Claitone 1086 (DB). Clayton Staffs. Claitone 1086 (DB). Clayton W. Sussex. Claitune 1086 (DB). Clayton-le-Moors Lancs. Cleyton 1243. Affix ‘on the moorland’ from OE mōr, the French definite article le remaining after loss of the preposition. Clayton-le-Woods Lancs. Cleitonam 1160. Affix ‘in the woodland’ from OE wudu, with French le as in previous name. Clayton West Kirkl. Claitone 1086 (DB).

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Clayton

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Clayton ♂ Especially U.S.: transferred use of the surname, originally a local name from any of the several places in England (for example, in Lancs., Staffs., Sussex, and W. Yorks.) named with Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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Clayton

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Clayton city (1990 pop. 13,874), seat of St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1919. Developed in the 1960s, it has high-rise office buildings, hotels, and shopping centers; several major firms are headquartered there.

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