Eglinton can refer to:

People

* Earl of Eglinton, a title in the Peerage of Scotland *

Geoffrey Eglinton Geoffrey Eglinton, FRS (1 November 1927 – 11 March 2016) was a British chemist and emeritus professor and senior research fellow in earth sciences at the University of Bristol. Education Eglinton was educated at Sale Grammar School and the U ...

(1927–2016), British chemist *

Timothy Eglinton Timothy Ian Eglinton is a professor of biogeoscience at the Geological Institute, ETH Zürich. Education Eglinton was educated at Plymouth Polytechnic where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science in 1982. He went o ...

, a British biogeoscientist *

William Eglinton William Eglinton (1857–1933), also known as William Eglington was a British spiritualist medium who was exposed as a fraud. Hereward Carrington. (1907). ''The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism''. Herbert B. Turner & Co. pp. 84–90 Massimo ...

(1857–1933), a British spiritualist medium and fraud *J.Z. Eglinton, pseudonym of

Walter H. Breen Walter Henry Breen Jr. (September 5, 1928 – April 27, 1993) was an American numismatist, writer, and convicted child sex offender; as well as the husband of author Marion Zimmer Bradley. He was known among coin collectors for writing ''Walt ...

Jr. (1928–1993) *John Eglinton, pseudonym of

William Kirkpatrick Magee William Kirkpatrick Magee (16 January 1868 – 9 May 1961), was an Irish author, editor, and librarian, who as an essayist and poet adopted the pen-name of John Eglinton. He became head librarian of the National Library of Ireland, after opposing t ...

(1868–1961)

Places

Australia

Eglinton, New South Wales Eglinton is a northern suburb of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, in the Bathurst Region Bathurst Regional Council is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to ...

, a suburb of Bathurst *

Eglinton, Western Australia Eglinton is a locality in the Western Australian capital city of Perth, approximately north of Perth's central business district on the Indian Ocean. For the most part, the suburb is covered in native banksia woodland, scrubland and heath typi ...

, a suburb of Perth

Canada

Toronto

Eglinton, Ontario Eglinton was a small farming village located at what is today the intersection of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue in York County, Ontario, Canada. It was first settled in the early 19th century and became the agricultural hub for the area just no ...

, a former village now in Toronto *

Eglinton (electoral district) Eglinton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Toronto Northeast riding. It initially consisted of Ward N ...

, a former federal electoral district *

Eglinton (provincial electoral district) Eglinton was a provincial electoral district located in Toronto, Ontario. From 1926 until 1999 it elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. At its abolishment in 1999 it consisted of the neighbourhoods of Davisville and Lawrence Pa ...

, a former provincial electoral district *

Eglinton Avenue Eglinton Avenue is a major east–west arterial thoroughfare in Toronto and Mississauga in the Canadian province of Ontario. The street begins at Highway 407 (but does not interchange with the tollway) at the western limits of Mississauga, as a ...

, a main thoroughfare in Toronto *

Eglinton Park Eglinton Park is a public park located in the North Toronto neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a few blocks west of the Eglinton Subway Station. It is bounded on the south end by Eglinton Avenue West, on the north by Roselawn Aveunue. Th ...

Eglinton Theatre The Eglinton Theatre, (or Eglinton Grand) is an event venue and cinema in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2016, it was designated a National Historic Site by Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Built in 1936, the Egl ...

Line 5 Eglinton Line 5 Eglinton (also known as the Eglinton Crosstown or the Crosstown) is a light rail line that is under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the line will be part o ...

or Eglinton Crosstown Line, a light rail line under construction ** Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility, a light-rail facility serving Line 5 Eglinton

Canadian Territories

Eglinton Island Eglinton Island an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Eglinton is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Located at 75°48'N 118°30'W, it measures in size, long and wide in measurements. It lies o ...

, Northwest Territories, one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Canadian Arctic *

Cape Eglinton Niaqurnaaluk (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓈᓗᒃ'' formerly Cape Eglinton (sometimes written as Nahanausaq) (subscription required) is a land point on eastern Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It was previously nam ...

, a land point on eastern Baffin Island, Canada **

Eglinton Fiord Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᐊᕐᕕᖅᑐᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊ'') formerly Eglinton Fiord is a fjord on Baffin Island's northeastern coast in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is to ...

New Zealand

Eglinton River The Eglinton River is located in the region of Southland in the southwest of New Zealand. It flows through Fiordland National Park for . Its headwaters are at Lake Gunn, east of Milford Sound, and it flows generally south before entering Lake T ...

United Kingdom

Eglinton, County Londonderry Eglinton (formerly known as Muff) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies east-north-east of Derry, to which it serves as a sleeper village, and west-south-west of Limavady. Eglinton had a population of 3,679 people in th ...

, a village in Northern Ireland **

City of Derry Airport City of Derry Airport , previously known as RAF Eglinton and Londonderry Eglinton Airport, is a regional airport located northeast of Derry, Northern Ireland. It is located on the south bank of Lough Foyle, a short distance from the village ...

, known as Eglinton airport, and formerly RAF Eglinton ***

RAF Eglinton Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton or RNAS Eglinton was a Royal Naval Air Station located north east of Eglinton, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It opened as a Royal Air Force Station (RAF Eglinton) in 1941, before being transferred to t ...

RNAS Eglinton Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton or RNAS Eglinton was a Royal Naval Air Station located north east of Eglinton, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It opened as a Royal Air Force Station (RAF Eglinton) in 1941, before being transferred to the ...

, a former Royal Naval Air Station *

Eglinton Country Park Eglinton Country Park is located on the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland (map reference NS 3227 4220). Eglinton Park is situated in the parish of Kilwinning, part of the former district of Cunn ...

, North Ayrshire, Scotland **

Eglinton Castle Eglinton Castle was a large Gothic castellated mansion in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. History The castle The ancient seat of the Earls of Eglinton, it is located just south of the town of Kilwinning. The original Eglinton Castle w ...

Eglinton Loch Eglinton Loch (NS 232698 642303) is a small freshwater loch in the North Ayrshire Council Areas (KA12 8TA), lying in a holm of the Lugton Water near Irvine and Kilwinning, within Eglinton Country Park, in the parish of Kilwinning. The loch has ...

Other uses

*, the name of two Royal Navy ships