Frankton may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Frankton, South Australia
England
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English Frankton
English Frankton, formerly known simply as Frankton, is a small village in Shropshire, England. It lies between the villages of Cockshutt and Loppington, in the civil parish of Cockshutt, and south-east of Ellesmere.
The name Frankton probab ...
, Shropshire
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Frankton, Warwickshire
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Frankton is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 344, increasing to 351 at the 2011 Census.
Etymology
According to W. H. Duignan, the town's earliest ...
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Lower Frankton, Shropshire; a
UK location
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Welsh Frankton
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
, Shropshire; a settlement in
Ellesmere Rural
Ellesmere Rural is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.
In 2011 the parish covered a large area, mainly to the west of the town of Ellesmere. This rural parish consists of farmland and a number of small settlements including Dudleston Heath ...
New Zealand
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Frankton, Hamilton
Frankton is a central suburb of the city of Hamilton, New Zealand. It is the site of the city's passenger railway station, a major industrial-commercial stretch of State Highway 1, and a commercial shopping area. Frankton Borough Council was fo ...
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Frankton, Otago
Frankton is a suburb of the town of Queenstown, New Zealand, Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand, it was formerly a separate settlement.
History
Frankton was named after Frances—the wife of the area's first European settler Willia ...
, in the South Island
United States
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Frankton, Indiana
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Frankton, Kansas
Other uses
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Operation Frankton
Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by a small unit of Royal Marines known as the Royal Marines Boom Patrol D ...
a commando raid on shipping in the German-occupied French port of Bordeaux during the Second World War
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Frankton (folding boat)
The Frankton is a type of folding boat. The name is a reference to Operation Frankton.
Design
Martin Walford conceived the concept of the Frankton in the late 1990s; Michael Howard then worked out the design. It was designed as a dinghy that ...
See also
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Frankston (disambiguation) Frankston can refer to:
*Frankston, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia
**Frankston City, a local government area in the same city
**Electoral district of Frankston, an electoral district in Victoria, Australia
*Frankston, Texas, a small town ...
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