Frankton may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Frankton, South Australia
Frankton is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder and Mid Murray Council
The Mid Murray Council is a local government area in South Australia in the Murray and Mallee region o ...
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 proba ...
, 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
Lower may refer to:
*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England
See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
, 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 ...
, in the North Island
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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
Frankton is a town in Pipe Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, Pipe Creek and Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana, Lafayette townships, Madison County, Indiana, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Anderson, Indian ...
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Frankton, Kansas
Frankton is a ghost town in Medicine Township, Rooks County, Kansas
Rooks County (standard abbreviation: RO) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,919. The county seat is Stockt ...
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)
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