Merton may refer to:
People
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Merton (surname) Merton is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alice Merton (born 1993), Canadian-British-German-Irish singer-songwriter
* Don Merton (1939–2011), New Zealand conservationist
* Ernst Merton (1848–1920), Ame ...
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Merton (given name)
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Merton (YouTube)
Merton is an American YouTube musician and personality who first gained press attention in March 2010 after making videos of himself interacting with people he meets on Chatroulette and Omegle. In the videos, Merton sits at a piano and improvise ...
, American YouTube personality
Fictional characters
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Merton Matowski
Marmaduke "Moose" Mason (often referred to as Big Moose) is a fictional character in the Archie Comics universe. He attends Riverdale High School where he is typically depicted as the best athlete but the poorest student. His difficulties with s ...
, an alternate name for "Moose" Mason, an Archie Comics character
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Lord Merton, in the British television series ''Downton Abbey''
* The title character of ''
The Mrs Merton Show
''The Mrs Merton Show'' was a mock talk show starring Caroline Aherne as the elderly host Mrs Dorothy Merton.
Originally portrayed as 'Mrs. Murton' in a pilot for Yorkshire TV which was not picked up, Caroline Aherne retooled the character, mak ...
'', a British television series
Places
Australia
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Merton (New South Wales)
Merton is a heritage-listed former farm, horse stud, village settlement and residence and now residence at 4883 Jerrys Plains Road, Denman, Muswellbrook Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was built between 1825 and 1910; and it was added ...
, a farm located near Denman, in the Hunter Region
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Merton, Victoria
Merton is a locality on the Maroondah Highway in north-east Victoria, Australia, west of Bonnie Doon. At the , Merton had a population of 190.
Merton Post Office opened on 1 July 1858.
The railway to Mansfield arrived in the locality fr ...
, a town
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Merton railway station
Merton is a railway station in Merton, Victoria, Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Vic ...
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Merton, Tasmania, part of Glenorchy
England
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London Borough of Merton
The London Borough of Merton () is a borough in Southwest London, England.
The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton ...
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Merton, London (parish)
Merton is an ancient parish historically in Surrey, but which has since 1965 been part of Greater London (under its current name Merton Priory). It is bounded by Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Morden, Cheam and Cuddington (Worcest ...
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Merton, Devon, a village, ecclesiastical parish, former manor and civil parish
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Merton, Norfolk
Merton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of and had a population of 113 in 50 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 133 in 56 households at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local g ...
, a civil parish
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Merton, Oxfordshire
Merton is a village and civil parish near the River Ray, about south of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 424.
Archaeology
In 1978 a Middle Bronze Age spearhead was found at West End Farm ...
, a village and civil parish
New Zealand
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Merton, New Zealand, a farming community
United States
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Merton Township, Steele County, Minnesota
Merton Township is a township in Steele County, Minnesota, Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 380 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Merton, Minnesota, Merton is located within the township. The unincorpo ...
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Merton, Minnesota
Merton is an unincorporated community in Merton Township, Steele County, Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with ...
, an unincorporated community
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Merton Township, South Dakota
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Merton, Wisconsin
Merton is a town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States; before Wisconsin statehood, it was called Warren. The population was 7,988 at the 2000 census. The town surrounds the villages of Chenequa and Merton. The unincorporated communities ...
, a town
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Merton (village), Wisconsin, a village partially within the town
Other uses
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Merton College, Oxford, one of the colleges of the University of Oxford
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Merton Field
Merton Field is a grass playing field north of the main part of Christ Church Meadow and south of Merton College in central Oxford, England.
To the west are Merton Walk and Christ Church, one of the Oxford colleges. To the east is the Unive ...
, a grass playing field south of Merton College
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Merton Street
Merton Street is a historic and picturesque cobbled street in central Oxford, England. , Oxford
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Merton College, London
South Thames Colleges Group (STCG) is a large further education institution operating four colleges in south-west London: South Thames College, Kingston College, Merton College, and Carshalton College. The four main campuses are in Wandsworth, ...
, formerly a further education college, as of 2009 the Merton campus of South Thames College
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Battle of Meretun
The Battle of Meretun (or Merton) between a West Saxon army led by King Æthelred and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great, and a Danish army took place on 22 March 871 at an unknown location in Wessex, probably in one of the modern cou ...
or Morton, fought in 871 between the Saxon army of Wessex and the Danish Great Heathen Army
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The Merton
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, a high-rise development located in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
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Viscount Merton
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status.
In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicia ...
, a UK title
See also
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Statute of Merton
The Statute of Merton or Provisions of Merton (Latin: ''Provisiones de Merton'', or ''Stat. Merton''), sometimes also known as the Ancient Statute of Merton, was a statute passed by the Parliament of England in 1235 during the reign of Henry II ...
, considered the first English statute, passed in 1235
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Merton Professors
There are two Merton Professorships of English in the University of Oxford: the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Merton Professor of English Literature. The second was created in 1914 when Sir Walter Raleigh's chair was ...
, two professorships in English in the University of Oxford
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Merton Park
Merton Park is a suburb in the London Borough of Merton. It is situated between Colliers Wood, Morden, South Wimbledon and Raynes Park. It is 11 miles (11.7 km) southwest of Charing Cross. The area is part of the historic parish of Merton ...
, London
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Merton Priory
Merton Priory was an English Augustinian priory founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under King Henry I (1100–1135). It was situated within the manor of Merton in the county of Surrey, in what is today the Colliers Wood area ...
or Abbey, London
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Murton (disambiguation)
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