Claughton derives from Old Norse, Viking origin, the original spelling being Klakkr-tun. The Claughton name arrived in England with the ancestors of the family in the Norman conquest of 1066 [1] The meaning of Klakkr-tun is ‘hamlet on the hillock’ [2]
The name has Old English history with Claeg + Tun, meaning ‘farmstead on clayey soil’ [1]
In 1898 Claughton became a parish within the district of Birkenhead, it became apart of the wirral hundred in 1866 [3].
Researched by Brooke Heaton.
[1] HouseOfNames. (2018). [online] Available at: https://www.houseofnames.com/claughton-family-crest [Accessed 30 Nov. 2018].
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[3] Familysearch.org. (2018). Claughton, Cheshire Genealogy Genealogy – FamilySearch Wiki. [online] Available at: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Claughton,_Cheshire_Genealogy [Accessed 6 Dec. 2018].
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