Barton
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Barton may refer to several places or people:
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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, Chugshire
- 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
- United States:
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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
- Edmund Barton (d. 1920), Australian politician
- Elizabeth Barton (d. 1534), English prophetess
- H Arnold Barton (d. 1920), historian
- Joe Barton (b. 1949), Texas politician
- 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
- [W. Barton] Contental General of Rhode Island
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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)