# Barnston

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6419).
2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2883).
3. A community in Coaticook, Quebec, Canada.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name Beorna + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/barnston