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The highly-distinguished, proud, and noble English surname of Layton arose from the ancient days when the Anglo-Saxon culture ruled all of Britain. This type of surname is a "habitation surname", meaning that it would have originally been bestowed upon persons living near a place named something similar. The meaning has two known derivations, one being "homestead where leeks were grown". The other derivation means "settlement on the river Lea". The Hundred rolls of 1273 A.D. identify two "de Leyton" families in Huntingdon, and one in Buckinghamshire.

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