barton

/ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/

Etymology

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

name

  1. Any of many places in England:; A hamlet in Barton and Pooley Bridge parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4826).
  2. Any of many places in England:; A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1025).
  3. Any of many places in England:; A village in Preston, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5137).
  4. Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:; An unincorporated community in Amador County, California.
  5. Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:; A ghost town and community in Fresno County, California.
  6. Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:; A town in Maryland.

noun

  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. an arrangement of blocks and pulleys; a burton