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Barton¹

  • /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tən

Where it comes from

From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).

proper noun

  1. A hamlet in Barton and Pooley Bridge parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4826).
  2. A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1025).
  3. A village in Preston, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5137).
  4. An unincorporated community in Amador County, California.
  5. A ghost town and community in Fresno County, California.
  6. A town in Maryland.
  7. An unincorporated community in Deuel County, Nebraska, derived from the surname.
  8. A town in Tioga County, New York.
  9. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
  10. An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
  11. A town and village in Orange County, Vermont.
  12. A river in northern Vermont.
  13. A town in Wisconsin.
  14. A community in Nova Scotia.
  15. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  16. A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
  17. A male given name transferred from the surname. As Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman showed in his brilliant biography, Cheney deployed his masterful knowledge of policymaking to exert influence at all levels of government.

barton²

Where it comes from

From Old English bere (“barley”) + tūn (“place”).

noun bartons

  1. A farmyard. There's the barton rich / With dyke and ditch / And hedge for the thrush to live in [...].
  2. the lands of a manor reserved for the Lord's use
  3. archaic an arrangement of blocks and pulleys; a burton

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: farmyard, wright, clara, homestead, farm, barnyard, barn, farmstead, croft, ranch, byre, fold, grange, steading, demesne, courtyard

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@misc{barton_2026,
  title = {barton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}