Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a

baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than ...

* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a

feudal baron A feudal baron is a vassal holding a heritable fief called a ''barony'', comprising a specific portion of land, granted by an overlord in return for allegiance and service. Following the end of European feudalism, feudal baronies have largely be ...

Barony (county division) A barony is an administrative division of a county in Scotland, Ireland, outlying parts of England and historically France and Sardinia. As a barony is associated to a Baron and a county to a Count or Earl, it has a lower rank and importance tha ...

, a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British Isles **

Barony (Ireland) In Ireland, a barony (, plural ) is a historical subdivision of a counties of Ireland, county, analogous to the hundred (county subdivision), hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. Baronies were created during the Tudor recon ...

, a historical subdivision of the Irish counties *

Barony (role-playing game) ''Barony'', subtitled "Fantasy Role-Play", is a role-playing game published by Better Games in 1990. Description ''Barony'' is a fantasy role-playing game outlined in three books: * 42-page rule book * 39 page scenario design book * 52-page en ...

, a 1990 tabletop RPG * Barony Parish, a former civil and ecclesiastic parish in Lanarkshire, Scotland, absorbed into

Townhead Townhead (, ) is a district within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – Glasgow Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship. In medieval times, Townhead was ...

district, Glasgow, where landmarks still recall the parish (Barony Church, Barony Hall, etc.)

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