Merton Explained

Merton may refer to:

People

• Merton (surname)
• Merton (given name)
• Merton (YouTube), American YouTube personality

Fictional characters

• Merton Matowski, an alternate name for "Moose" Mason, an Archie Comics character
• Richard Grey, Baron Merton, in the British television series Downton Abbey
• The title character of The Mrs Merton Show, a British television series

Places

Australia

• Merton (New South Wales), a farm located near Denman, in the Hunter Region
• Merton, Victoria, a town
  • Merton railway station
• Merton, Tasmania, part of Glenorchy

England

• London Borough of Merton
  • Merton, London (parish)
  • Merton (electoral division), Greater London Council
• Merton, Devon, a village, ecclesiastical parish, former manor and civil parish
• Merton, Norfolk, a civil parish
• Merton, Oxfordshire, a village and civil parish

New Zealand

• Merton, New Zealand, a farming community

United States

• Merton Township, Steele County, Minnesota
  • Merton, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
• Merton Township, South Dakota
• Merton, Wisconsin, a town
• Merton (village), Wisconsin, a village partially within the town

Other uses

• Merton College, Oxford, one of the colleges of the University of Oxford
  • Merton Field, a grass playing field south of Merton College
• Merton Street, Oxford
• Merton College, London, formerly a further education college, as of 2009 the Merton campus of South Thames College
• Battle of Meretun or Morton, fought in 871 between the Saxon army of Wessex and the Danish Great Heathen Army
• The Merton, a high-rise development located in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
• Viscount Merton, a UK title

See also

• Statute of Merton, considered the first English statute, passed in 1235
• Merton Professors, two professorships in English in the University of Oxford
• Merton Park, London
• Merton Priory or Abbey, London
• Murton (disambiguation)