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, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • 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, Lancashire
  • 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
  • Barton's Bush
• United States:
  • Barton, Maryland
  • Barton, New York
  • Barton, Vermont
  • Barton, Wisconsin
  • Barton County, Missouri
  • Barton Springs in Austin, Texas
  • Barton Hall is 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
• 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 Barton's Arms, a pub in Aston, Birmingham, England.
• Code-name for a revision of AMD's Athlon XP processor.
• Name of a town on Gaia Online, Barton Town.
• Slang term for the last drags on a cigarette (Oxford)