Anderton Family History
Anderton Surname Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places so named in Cheshire Lancashire and Devon. Those in Cheshire and Lancashire are named with the personal name Ēanrēd (Old English) or Eindrithi (Old Norse) + Old English tūn ‘settlement’. The Devon placename recorded as Underdon in 1270 means ‘below the down’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022