# Cawston

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).
2. A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4773).
3. A rural community in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada, named after rancher R. L. Cawston.
4. A habitational surname.

## Etymology
Recorded as Caustune in the Domesday Book, it probably derives from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + -s- + Old English 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/cawston