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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Stoughton, Canada, UK, USA 1. UK (England): the place in Surrey was formerly Stoctune ‘Farmstead at an Outlying Hamlet’ from stoc and tūn.2. USA (Massachusetts): founded as part of Dorchester in 1713 and renamed in 1726 after William Stoughton (1631–1701), first lieutenant‐governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1692–1701) and its chief justice.

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Stoughton

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Stoughton , town (1990 pop. 26,777), Norfolk co., E Mass.; founded 1637, inc. 1726. A largely residential town, it was the site of shoe and textile industries in the 1800s. Today, manufacturing includes electrical and medical equipment, machinery, plastics, and sporting goods.

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Stoughton

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

Stoughton, ‘farmstead at an outlying hamlet’, OE stoc + tūn: Stoughton Leics. Stoctone 1086 (DB). Stoughton Surrey. Stoctune 12th cent. Stoughton W. Sussex. Estone [sic] 1086 (DB), Stoctona 1121.

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