Barton
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Barton is an archaic English language word meaning lands of the manor or meadow and may refer to several places or people:
[edit] Places
- Australia:
- Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
- Division of Barton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales.
- England:
- Barton, Cambridgeshire
- Barton, Cheshire
- Barton, Cumbria
- Barton, Devon
- Barton, Gloucestershire
- Barton, West Lancashire
- Barton, Preston
- Barton, North Yorkshire
- Barton, Oxfordshire
- Barton, Warwickshire
- Barton, Greater Manchester
- Barton St. David, Somerset
- Barton Hartshorn, Buckinghamshire
- Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire
- Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire
- Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire
- New Zealand:
- United States:
- Barton, Maryland
- Barton, New York
- Barton, Vermont
- Barton, Wisconsin
- Barton College in North Carolina
- Barton County, Missouri
- Barton Springs in Austin, Texas
- Barton Hall, a National Historic Landmark in Colbert County, Alabama
[edit] People
Barton is also a common family name, most commonly derived directly from a location:
- Bruce Fairchild Barton (d. 1967), advertising executive
- Benjamin Smith Barton (d. 1815), American botanist
- Clara Barton (d. 1912), founder of the American Red Cross
- Derek Harold Richard Barton (d. 1998), chemist
- Dick Barton, fictional detective
- Barton Adams (b. 1801), first U.S. registered laudanum death
- Edmund Barton (d. 1920), Australian politician and first Australian Prime Minister
- Eileen Barton (d. 2006), American singer
- Elizabeth Barton (d. 1534), English prophetess
- H Arnold Barton (d. 1920), historian
- Joe Barton (b. 1949), Texas politician
- Joey Barton (b. 1982), Manchester City footballer
- Mark O. Barton (d. 1999), American murderer
- Mischa Barton (b. 1986), British/American actress
- Richard Barton, early European resident of New Zealand who set up Barton's Bush
- Seth M. Barton (d. 1900), Confederate General
- William Barton (b. 1950), science-fiction author
- William Barton (general) Continental General of Rhode Island
[edit] Other
- The Bartons Arms, a pub in Aston, Birmingham, England
- Barton Fink, a 1991 Coen brothers film
- "Barton" was used as a development code name for a revision of AMD's Athlon XP processor
- Barton Town, a virtual town in Gaia Online
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