Definition of "Morton"

Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.

1. A number of places in England:

   1. A western suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3854).  examples

   2. A hamlet in Hesket parish and Skelton parish, near Calthwaite, Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY4539).  examples

   3. A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4160).  examples

   4. A suburb of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6491).  examples

   5. A suburban area in Brading parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ6086).  examples

   6. A hamlet in Swinderby parish, near Morton Hall, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8863).  examples

   7. A village in Morton and Hanthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF0924).  examples

   8. A village and civil parish by Gainsborough, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (not actually named "Morton by Gainsborough"; OS grid ref SK8091).  examples

   9. A hamlet in Morton on the Hill parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG1217).  examples

   10. A hamlet in Babworth parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6780).  examples

   11. A village in Fiskerton cum Morton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7251).  examples

   12. A hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ2924).  examples

2. A commune in Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.  examples

3. A community in Rideau Lakes, Ontario, Canada.  examples

4. A number of places in the United States:

   1. A village in Tazewell County, Illinois.  examples

   2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Indiana.  examples

   3. A minor city in Renville County, Minnesota.  examples

   4. A city in Scott County, Mississippi.  examples

   5. An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.  examples

   6. A hamlet in Kendall, Orleans County, New York.  examples

   7. A neighbourhood in north-west Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  examples

   8. A borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.  examples

   9. A small city, the county seat of Cochran County, Texas.  examples

   10. A city in Lewis County, Washington.  examples

   11. An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming.  examples

   12. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morton Township.  examples

An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from the placename.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

A Scottish earldom.  examples