Orton may refer to:
Places
England
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Orton, Eden, Cumbria, a village and civil parish
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Orton, Carlisle, Cumbria, a parish
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Orton, Northamptonshire, a village and civil parish
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Orton, Peterborough
Orton is a mostly residential area of the city of Peterborough, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For electoral purposes it comprises Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville and Orton with Hampton wa ...
, Cambridgeshire
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Orton, Staffordshire, a hamlet
Elsewhere
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Orton Cave
Ardery Island is a steep, rocky island, about long, lying west of Odbert Island in the Windmill Islands of Antarctica.
History
The island was first mapped from air photos taken by the United States Navy, US Navy's Operation Highjump and Operati ...
, Ardery Island, Antarctica
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Orton Island
Orton Island is an island about 1 km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km northeast of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Pen ...
, Queensland, Australia
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Orton, Alberta
Orton is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26. It is located south of Highway 3, approximately west of Lethbridge.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics C ...
, Canada, a hamlet
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Orton, Ontario, Canada, a small community
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Orton, Moray, Scotland
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Orton, West Virginia Orton is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of Amer ...
, United States, an unincorporated community
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Orton Park
Orton Park is located in Madison, Wisconsin.
History
The land was previously designated as a public cemetery. In 1877, the graves located at the site were moved to Forest Hill Cemetery. The site was officially opened as a park in 1887 and was nam ...
, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, a park on the National Register of Historic Places
People
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Orton (surname) Orton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Azariah Giles Orton (1789–1864), American Presbyterian theologian
*Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter
*Bill Orton (1948–2009), US Congressman from Utah
* Daniel Orton, American b ...
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Orton Chirwa (1919–1992), Malawian lawyer and politician, Malawi's Minister of Justice and Attorney General
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Orton Grain
Orton Irwin Grain (August 9, 1863 – February 2, 1930) was a Canadian physician and politician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1903, and again from 1907 to 1913.
Grain was born in Fergus, Canada We ...
(1863—1930), Canadian physician and politician
Other uses
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Orton (photography), a photography technique
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Orton Ceramic Foundation
See also
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Great Orton, Cumbria (near Carlisle)
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Little Orton, Cumbria (near Carlisle)
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Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, a village
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Orton Plantation, a plantation house on the US National Register of Historic Places
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Oreton (disambiguation) Oreton may refer to:
* Oreton, Ohio, USA
*Oreton, Shropshire, England
* Oreton, a brand name of methyltestosterone
Methyltestosterone, sold under the brand names Android, Metandren, and Testred among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid ( ...
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