"Kempston" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Kempstons [plural]
Etymology: Probably from Proto-Brythonic *kam (“crooked, bent”) (from Proto-Celtic *kambos), in reference to a sharp bend of the River Ouse, + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|cel|cel-bry}}, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*kam||crooked, bent}} Proto-Brythonic *kam (“crooked, bent”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*kambos}} Proto-Celtic *kambos, {{der|en|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Kempston (countable and uncountable, plural Kempstons)
  1. A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0347). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in Bedfordshire, England, Places in England, Towns in Bedfordshire, England, Towns in England
    Sense id: en-Kempston-en-name-qbUYlXk5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Kempston-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Kempston Hardwick, Kempston Rural

Inflected forms

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