Croston
Can you tell me the background and coat of arms of the last name Croston?
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English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Croston, from Old Norse kross ‘cross’ or Old English cros + Old English tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.

(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
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