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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Chadderton in Greater Manchester (formerly in Lancashire), which is recorded in 1224 in the form Chaterton, possibly from a Celtic hill name Cadeir (from cadeir ‘chair’) + Old English tūn ‘settlement’. Compare Catterton.

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