Barton

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

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
*Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire
*Westcot Barton, Oxfordshire

;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

People

Barton is also a common family name, most commonly derived directly from a location:
* Alberto Barton, Peruvian microbiologist
* Brian Barton (b. 1982), American professional baseball player
* 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
* Jacqueline Barton, American chemist
* 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

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
**Trent Barton, its successor
*Barton Brands, makers of liquor under its own brand name and dozens of others, in turn owned by Constellation Brands
*Barton (crater) on Venus