Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
TURTON
As described in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
From Turton, in the hundred of Shelfold, in Lancashire, probably so called from Saxon, Tur or Tor, a tower, or Thur, or Thor, one of the Saxon deities., and ton--either a town having a tower, or sacred to Thor.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
TURTON. 1. A chapelry in co. Lancaster. 2. At Chesterfield, after many generations of Treeton, or Treton, (from Treeton, a parish between that town and Sheffield) the name turns up in the parish register as Turton.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
Surname type: Location or geographical feature
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English