Barton

Barton is an archaic English language word meaning lands of the manor or meadow and may refer to several places or people:

Places

• Australien:
  • 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
• Neuseeland:
  • Barton's Bush
• Vereinigte Staaten:
  • 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

Menschen

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

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