Lenton Family History
- Lenton Name Meaning
- English: habitational name from Lenton in Nottinghamshire, which is named from the river on which it stands, the Leen (see Leen) + Old English tun ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’. There is also a Lenton in Lincolnshire; however, up to the 18th century it was known as Lavington and probably therefore did not contribute to the surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 157,628 Historical Documents with Lenton on Ancestry
- 61,486 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 38,984 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,446 Military Records
- 3,606 Immigration Records
- 51,106 Member Trees
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Number of Lenton families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lenton families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lenton census records
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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