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, Greater Manchester
• Barton, Isle of Wight
• Barton, Preston
• Barton, North Yorkshire
• Barton, Oxfordshire
• Barton, Warwickshire
• Barton, West Lancashire
• Barton Hartshorn, Buckinghamshire
• Barton Hill, Bristol
• Barton Hill, North Yorkshire
• Barton on Sea, Hampshire
• Barton St. David, Somerset
• Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire
• Barton-le-Street, North Yorkshire
• Barton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire
• Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire
• Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire

New Zealand

• Barton's Bush

United States

• Barton, Maryland
• Barton, New York
• Barton, Vermont
• Barton, Wisconsin
• Barton College in North Carolina
• Barton County, Kansas
• Barton County, Missouri
• Barton Springs in Austin, Texas
• Barton Hall (Alabama), a National Historic Landmark in Colbert County, Alabama
• Camp Barton, a Boy Scouts of America camp near Ithaca, New York
• Barton Township, several places

[edit] People

Barton is also a common family name, most commonly derived directly from a location:

• Alberto Barton, Peruvian microbiologist
• Bruce Fairchild Barton (d. 1967), advertising executive
• Benjamin Smith Barton (d. 1815), American botanist
• Clara Barton (d. 1912), founder of the American Red Cross
• Dan Barton (b. 1979), music producer/musician
• Derek Barton (d. 1998), chemist
• Dick Barton, fictional detective
• Edmund Barton (d. 1920), Australian politician and first Australian Prime Minister
• Edward Barton, English poet, artist and songwriter
• 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), English footballer
• Mark O. Barton (d. 1999), American murderer
• Mischa Barton (b. 1986), British/Irish/American actress
• Reid W. Barton (b. 1984), four-time gold medal winner at the International Mathematical Olympiad
• Richard Barton, early European resident of New Zealand who set up Barton's Bush
• Robert_Barton, (b 1881), Lawyer and Irish Politician
• Seth Barton (d. 1900), Confederate general
• Warren Barton (b.1969), English former football player
• William Barton, name of several people

[edit] Other

• The Barton's 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
• Barton Transport, a ceased Nottinghamshire (UK) bus operating company, antecedent of Trent Barton
• Barton Brands, makers of liquor under its own brand name and dozens of others, in turn owned by Constellation Brands
• Barton (crater) on Venus
• Barton Historical Society, Family History related to the Barton surname